“Every fighter has a story that could break your heart. We lose, we get...” — Barry McGuigan Quote

“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.”

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

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

“I still get a few dirty looks over the racks in the supermarket, but nobody kicks me in the shins on Water Street. I've made sort of a point, apart from being a social dud, not to fraternize with the people I write about.”

“Sometimes friends move apart from each other for whatever reason.”

“Once upon a time, science, philosophy, and theology were disciplines largely undifferentiated from one another, and proving the existence of God was a fairly commonplace intellectual exercise. But as the scientific method became increasingly refined, particularly through the nineteenth century, science and religion grew apart.”