Barry McGuigan

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. ↗

— Barry McGuigan

#also #clears #completely #cross #either

I wanted to bring people together, and most importantly not feel threatened when they came to watch me box. ↗

— Barry McGuigan

#bring #came #feel #i #importantly

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

— Barry McGuigan

#fights #had #i #love #mentally

If somebody had told me in the 1980s that Gerry Adams would shake hands with Ian Paisley or Peter Robinson I would have said put that man in a white suit and lock him up in a padded cell. ↗

— Barry McGuigan

#cell #gerry #had #hands #him

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

— Barry McGuigan

#ends #often #sadness #too #trouble

What do you want me to do, rob a bank? ↗

— Barry McGuigan

#me #rob #want #you

What I would say about Barney Eastwood is that when our relationship worked, it worked extremely well. He had a lot of strengths as a promoter and a manager. ↗

— Barry McGuigan

#barney #eastwood #extremely #had #i

While my father sang, Pedroza stared at me. By that time my eye pupils were staring at him, too, like a terrier that's got hold of a fox. ↗

— Barry McGuigan

#father #fox #got #him #hold