Barry McGuigan

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. ↗

— Barry McGuigan

#break #comes #could #difficult #every

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

— Barry McGuigan

#issues #life #my life #people #sensitive

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

— Barry McGuigan

#dog #fight #size

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. ↗

— Barry McGuigan

#along #bus #cheer #day #dublin

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

— Barry McGuigan

#bull #every #fighter #like #needs

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

— Barry McGuigan

#barney #big #boxing #bringing #interested

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

— Barry McGuigan

#being #boxing #century #changing #dragged

Boxing traditionally was received very well and accepted on both sides. ↗

— Barry McGuigan

#both #both sides #boxing #received #sides

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. ↗

— Barry McGuigan

#another #boxing #bring #brought #casually

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. ↗

— Barry McGuigan

#came #dark #day #during #fight