Top 60 Katie Taylor Quotes

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

I’m in a privileged position, but I still feel like the best is yet to come, and people still haven’t seen the best of me yet, and that is so exciting for me.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

It’s always tough to stay at the top for so long.

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

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.

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

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

I want to tell girls, it’s not about make-up and how you look that’s important; you are so much more than how you look.

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

No world championship has been easy for me.

Going to the cinema or a meal can be difficult, with people asking for pictures or autographs.

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

I never think too far ahead.

I love being the favourite of every competition.

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

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

I think, probably, my best asset would probably be my all round game.

I’m a huge fan of Conor McGregor, an incredible athlete. What he has done for MMA is phenomenal; he has been a great supporter of me.

I’m not going to be boxing forever, but I’ve put no time-cap on it, really.

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

I could have 10 kids or be boxing until I’m 40.

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

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.

Anything other than a gold medal will be disappointing.

The pressure was huge going into London, definitely.

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.

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.

Sometimes, the plans in your heart aren’t God’s plan.

I know how it feels to lose.

Mental strength is something you either have or you haven’t.

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

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

I wouldn’t really call myself a feminist. I obviously want equality and equal opportunities to the men.

The Bible is my sport psychology manual.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Definitely, there’s a lot of strength in depth in my division.

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

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

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

As long as I still feel a passion for the sport and preparing for these big competitions, I will carry on fighting.

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

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

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 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.

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

I don’t even wear miniskirts on a night out, so I definitely won’t be wearing miniskirts in the ring.

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.