26 Quotes by Barry McGuigan

Work hard, think fast and you'll last.

Work hard, think fast and you’ll last.

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.

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.

I’d had 35 professional fights and mentally I was tired of it. I’d sort ot fallen out of love with the sport.

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.

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.