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

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" I love being the favourite of every competition. "

" I don't feel much pressure at all. I have great family support, and they take a lot of pressure off me. They help to control media and public interest. "

" I can definitely box on the front foot as well as the back foot. I don't think that's really an issue. "

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

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

" 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 know exactly what that's all about being in a male dominated sport. Sometimes it just takes one person to step out, to be a pioneer, a trailblazer, really. "

" I think every fight is a tough fight, but I'm not settling for a bronze medal. "

" When I have a few weeks off, I catch up with my friends, but after a week or so, I just can't wait to get back in to the boxing club and start training. "

" It's so true: the fight is won or lost in the gym, and those words really stuck with me throughout my career. "

" I'm in the public eye. I'm recognised a small bit more. That's part and parcel of it. "

" I became number one just after the World Championships in India. I was very young then, and I remember it was just a great feeling, my first World Championship. "

" After I came back from London with a gold medal, my focus straight away was to defend it four years on. "

" Don't call me famous, but it's hard to be out with my friends now. "

" The pressure was huge going into London, definitely. "

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

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

" 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. "

" There's a lot of people on the way up who want to take my place, so it's up to me to continue to improve. "

" I am European Games champion now as well as Olympic champion, European champion, and world champion. "

" I never think too far ahead. "

" With amateur boxing, you're just entered into a competition. And to be the best, you've got to beat the best. You're not waiting around to get these fights organised. "

" People say, 'You will be 30 years old; you're too old. You'll get your nose broke,' say dad's a pushy dad. You hear stupid things and put them out of your mind. "

" I never went through an easy fight. Every fight has been hard fought. "

" 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 go into every fight trying to win as easy as I can. "

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

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