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" You're clearing your mind during a workout. Boxing is a great sport for girls; it's really safe. "

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" There is an awful lot of pressure on me. "

" I want to leave a great legacy behind me and continue to win major championships. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" You have to make sure you have the right people around you to get the right fights, and you're not guaranteed to get the best fights. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" It's ridiculous having the pros in an amateur sport, but at the same time, there's a lot of pros who are going to struggle over three rounds. "

" 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. "

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

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

" It's the training that's the hardest. It's the preparation. The months and months of preparation that nobody really sees, that's the hardest part. "

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

" 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 boxed many people in their own backyard plenty of times - in China, I boxed a Chinese girl in the final of the world championships, and I've boxed Russians before in their home nation as well. "

" Anything other than a gold medal will be disappointing. "

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

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

" I do a good job of staying positive and just moving on. "

" The Olympics is a dream of mine. "

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

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