Quotes from Katie Taylor

I have stayed positiv,e and I believe I am still improving in every competition I enter.

There's not a lot of positive role models of women in newspapers and magazines. I think it puts pressure on girls. They think that the image put out, it's the way you have to look.

I love all sorts of food, chocolate especially. I eat well, but I like the odd Chinese, like anyone!

I've been offered a few professional contracts... in the hundreds and thousands.

Fighting at the Olympics has been my lifelong dream, and I cannot believe I am there now.

The Olympics is a dream of mine.

Sport is a great way to keep fit. It's a stress reliever.

My training diet can be quite strict when I'm coming up to competition; it's a weight-making sport, of course. But I eat quite healthily anyway, and it's less strict when out of competition.

I've had losses in my career before, and I've always come back stronger from those losses.

There have been a lot of challenges over the years that I have overcome.

People need to get out and do some more exercise, especially children who are stuck inside with computers.

The heaviest I've ever been is 65 kilos. That was during my Leaving Cert when I was just studying and eating chocolate.

It's important to have a healthy balanced diet but not to get too bogged down about it. It's important to enjoy your food, too.

It's great for my confidence getting a letter saying 'All I want from life, Katie, is you and health.'

I never think about losing. That's why it's so hard to accept a loss.

I think it's important to feel those losses because I never want to feel like that again.