Barry McGuigan Quotes & Sayings

“Every fighter has a story that could break your heart. We lose, we get hurt and everything comes apart. That's when it's so difficult to stay on the straight and narrow.”

“It is not the size of the dog in the fight that counts, but the size of the fight in the dog.”

“A pit bull is like a fighter. Every so often it needs to taste blood.”

“I train very hard, either rowing on the cross trainer or running. Not only do you feel tired afterwards but it relaxes you, it completely clears the head. But to sort things out I also like to walk.”

“The trouble with boxing is that too often it ends in sadness.”

“250,000 people turned up in Dublin to cheer me on an open-topped bus along O'Connell St after my world title winning fight in 1985. I'll never forget the sea of smiling faces that greeted me that day.”

“I get people to this day - I won my title 25 years ago - saying how wonderful a time they had during that dark period in our history when they came to watch me fight.”

“I've spent my life navigating through sensitive issues. Not wanting to upset people.”

“Barney was interested in bringing professional boxing back to Northern Ireland in a big way.”

“Boxing is changing and training methods are slowly being dragged into the 21st century.”