26 Quotes by Barry McGuigan

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.

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.

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

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.

I don't want to sound obnoxious, but I like to think I brought it another step. I was able to bring people who were casually interested in boxing together.

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

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.

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