Katie Taylor

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

I can enjoy myself and express myself in the ring.

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.