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It is not the size of the dog in the fight that counts, but the size of the fight in the dog.
~ Barry McGuigan
Counts
Dog
Fight
Size
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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
After
Along
Bus
Cheer
Day
Dublin
Faces
Fight
Forget
Me
Never
Never Forget
People
Sea
Smiling
Title
Turned
Up
Winning
World
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A pit bull is like a fighter. Every so often it needs to taste blood.
~ Barry McGuigan
Blood
Bull
Every
Fighter
Like
Needs
Often
Pit
Taste
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Barney was interested in bringing professional boxing back to Northern Ireland in a big way.
~ Barry McGuigan
Back
Barney
Big
Big Way
Boxing
Bringing
Interested
Ireland
Northern
Northern Ireland
Professional
Way
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Boxing is changing and training methods are slowly being dragged into the 21st century.
~ Barry McGuigan
21st Century
Being
Boxing
Century
Changing
Dragged
Methods
Slowly
Training
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Boxing traditionally was received very well and accepted on both sides.
~ Barry McGuigan
Accepted
Both
Both Sides
Boxing
Received
Sides
Very
Well
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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
Apart
Break
Could
Difficult
Every
Everything
Fighter
Get
Heart
Hurt
Lose
Narrow
Stay
Story
Straight
Your
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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
Fight
Get
Had
History
How
Me
Our
People
Period
Saying
Time
Title
Watch
Won
Wonderful
Years
Years Ago
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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
Afterwards
Also
Clears
Cross
Either
Feel
Hard
Head
Like
Only
Out
Rowing
Running
Sort
Things
Tired
Train
Trainer
Very
Walk
You
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I wanted to bring people together, and most importantly not feel threatened when they came to watch me box.
~ Barry McGuigan
Box
Bring
Came
Feel
Importantly
Me
Most
People
Threatened
Together
Wanted
Watch
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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
Fallen
Fights
Had
Love
Mentally
Out
Professional
Sort
Sport
Tired
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I've spent my life navigating through sensitive issues. Not wanting to upset people.
~ Barry McGuigan
Issues
Life
My Life
People
Sensitive
Sensitive Issues
Spent
Through
Upset
Wanting
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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
1980s
Cell
Had
Hands
Him
Lock
Man
Me
Peter
Put
Robinson
Said
Shake
Somebody
Suit
Up
White
Would
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The trouble with boxing is that too often it ends in sadness.
~ Barry McGuigan
Boxing
Ends
Often
Sadness
Too
Trouble
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What do you want me to do, rob a bank?
~ Barry McGuigan
Bank
Me
Rob
Want
You
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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
About
Barney
Eastwood
Extremely
Had
He
Lot
Manager
Our
Promoter
Relationship
Say
Strengths
Well
Worked
Would
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28 February, 1961
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