Dancing is a lot lower-impact than ultimate fighting, but it takes a lot longer, and I burn the same amount of calories.

I'll take what I can get when I go high with a hook, but the side of the head makes a big target, especially if his hands are down.

I tried in my career to be really good to fans.

That's one of the reasons I retired. To stick around, the way I was fighting, I would have to start playing it safe. I went out on my shield. That's the way I liked it. I fought that way my whole career. I don't want to bore people my last three or four fights.

Football is a game. It's something I love to do. But there are so many things in life that are more important.

Every successful sports season I had included detailed daily itineraries. We received one in the morning and one before practice, and they set us up to win.

I'm honoured and delighted to be named the 'Irish Times'/Irish Sports Council Sportswoman of the Year 2014. This has been an amazing year for me and for Irish women in sport, and I would like to congratulate all the finalists in their respective fields who have excelled at major sporting events.

Most importantly, you have to stay true to yourself as well as those fans who made you who you are as an athlete.