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

- Barry Mcguigan

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

- Barry Mcguigan

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

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

- Barry Mcguigan

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 t…

- Barry Mcguigan

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 …

- Barry Mcguigan

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

- Barry Mcguigan

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 …

- Barry Mcguigan

Work hard, think fast and you'll last.

- Barry Mcguigan