A biography for Katie Taylorhasn’t been written yet.
“I have stayed positiv,e and I believe I am still improving in every competition I enter.”
“Definitely, there's a lot of strength in depth in my division.”
“I never went through an easy fight. Every fight has been hard fought.”
“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.”
“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.”
“As long as I still feel a passion for the sport and preparing for these big competitions, I will carry on fighting.”
“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 never think too far ahead.”
“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.”
“I want to leave a great legacy behind me and continue to win major championships.”
“It's great for my confidence getting a letter saying 'All I want from life, Katie, is you and health.'”
“I would have loved to have met Roger Federer.”
“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 think, probably, my best asset would probably be my all round game.”
“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.”
“Mental strength is something you either have or you haven't.”
“Boxing was just another one to keep me going as a child.”
“It's so true: the fight is won or lost in the gym, and those words really stuck with me throughout my career.”
“I've a great group of people, a great family behind me all the way, all the time. You cannot underestimate that.”