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" I'm the one that everyone is trying to beat. "

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" The best boxers don't always qualify for the Olympics. You can easily have a bad day, but please God, that won't happen to me. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" Boxing was just another one to keep me going as a child. "

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

" No world championship has been easy for me. "

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

" I know how it feels to lose. "

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

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

" I just happen to be a woman and involved in sport, but that doesn't necessarily make me a feminist. "

" 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 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 never think too far ahead. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" I tend to think year-by-year and tournament-by-tournament. "

" 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. "

" I can enjoy myself and express myself in the ring. "

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

" 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. "