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I would love to be able to speak my own language and maybe have an interview in Irish, maybe after my fights.
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 a great group of people, a great family behind me all the way, all the time. You cannot underestimate that.
As long as I still feel a passion for the sport and preparing for these big competitions, I will carry on fighting.
Age is a chronological number. That's all. There is plenty of time for my life afterwards. I'm still a young woman.
The heaviest I've ever been is 65 kilos. That was during my Leaving Cert when I was just studying and eating chocolate.
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.
It is frustrating, but all I can do is just keep winning, and hopefully, people will stand up and take notice eventually.
I want to go down in the history books as one of the greatest female boxers of all time, and I think I'm on the right path.
I owe so much to my dad and what he has done for me. And it's hard work doing what he has done, so he's entitled to a break.
The thing with professional boxing is you have to have the right promoter and the right fights. It is a cut-throat business.
It's great to be boxing a local boxer. The atmosphere is always fantastic. I love those fights. I really relish those fights.
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.
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.
When you're so consistent, people have to stand up and take notice. I don't think people recognise or praise consistency enough.
I know MMA isn't for everyone. It is a combat sport; some people don't like watching it, but it is entertainment for some people.
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.
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.
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 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.
Every fight has been hard. Every world title I've won has been hard fought, and every European title I've won has been hard fought as well.
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.
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.
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.
I don't get complacent, because I know if you slack off, you're going to be found out. This is international boxing, and every fight is a tough fight.
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.
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'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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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'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.
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 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.
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.