Quotes from Katie Taylor

I always come into these competitions hoping to come away with a gold medal. I won't relax until I have the gold medal around my neck.

I want to go down in the history books as one of the greatest female boxers of all time, and I think I'm on the right path.

I'd love to have a chance to fight in the World Series Boxing for women, but nothing has been done about that.

We do the weigh-in, then go for a walk, then have breakfast, then I listen to worship songs on my iPod because I'm a Christian. I always read the same Bible verses, too. We do the same warm-up a lot of the time as well. But, I have no superstitions before a fight.

Boxing is the gift I have been given for whatever reason and I'd love to honour God in everything I do.

I have a lot of confidence in myself, and I love that challenge as well. I love going to every competition as the favourite. It's something I relish.

I always go into a fight thinking the decision is going to be fair, and I relish these fights where the atmosphere is so fantastic.

It's great to be boxing a local boxer. The atmosphere is always fantastic. I love those fights. I really relish those fights.

It's such a shame, really, because we were known for our country of saints and scholars, and we grew up with such a great tradition with St. Patrick, and he is the one who brought Christianity to Ireland, and we celebrate St. Patrick's day every single year, but there's very few practising Catholics or practising Christians.

I don't get complacent, because I know if you slack off, you're going to be found out. This is international boxing, and every fight is a tough fight.

I don't really change much; there's not much I can do about the judging in front of a home crowd.

Age is a chronological number. That's all. There is plenty of time for my life afterwards. I'm still a young woman.

There are so many career opportunities out there now for young women, and it's great to have the opportunity to encourage them to get involved in these new careers.

It's so great to be able to inspire these young women today to get involved in male-dominated subjects.

I love playing for Ireland, and I love soccer, but when it comes down to it, I would choose boxing as my number one sport, as I'd miss it too much if I wasn't involved.

I'm just sorry I couldn't come home with a second Olympic gold medal.

I would love to be able to speak my own language and maybe have an interview in Irish, maybe after my fights.

I look at what's in front of me. I concentrate on that and then hopefully move on.

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.

I've a great group of people, a great family behind me all the way, all the time. You cannot underestimate that.

God is my psychologist. And my dad is probably the best sport psychologist in the world.

The Bible is my sport psychology manual.

When you're so consistent, people have to stand up and take notice. I don't think people recognise or praise consistency enough.

It is frustrating, but all I can do is just keep winning, and hopefully, people will stand up and take notice eventually.