Barry McGuigan Quotes

There was a minor burst of macho nuttiness after 'Jaws' came out, in which people would go off in shark tournaments and come back holding the bloody heads of these animals and say, 'Look what I did.' But they've been doing that for hundreds of thousands of years anyway.

When a cocker spaniel bites, it does so as a member of its species; it is never anything but a dog. When a pit bull bites, it does so as a member of its breed. A pit bull is never anything but a pit bull.

I don't need a huge pit bull to tell me I'm tough.

Beate the dog before the Lyon.

There's only so many times you can kick a dog before it turns viscous. (Julian)

By nature, you're aggressive, if you're a fighter, so you deal with things in an aggressive way.

The bullfighter who torments a bull to death and then castrates it of an ear has neither proved nor increased his own virility; he has merely demonstrated that he is a butcher with balletic tendencies.

When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk.

We can make fun of hockey fans, but someone who enjoys Homer is indulging the same kind of vicarious bloodlust.

My father owned pit bulls when I was young. He sometimes fought them. My brother and a lot of the men in my community owned pit bulls as well: sometimes they fought them for honor, never for money.

Are we beasts? Are we taking this too far?

Beat the dog and the panther will learn a lesson.

Violent and quarrelsome men often come to a bloody end.

All the kids looked up to my father because he was known to be that dude who knocks people out.

I'm a street fighter.

I'm not a good talker, I'm a good fighter.

I am Irish, so I do like a good fight every now and then.

That's part of my military character, I think. You back one of us into a corner, and you can only expect one thing: us coming at you like wild, rabid dogs.

I'm not a violent person, but I'm a capable person. I'm never looking for a fight. But I'm always ready for one.

Any dog can be aggressive; it's basically the way they're raised.

If two guys want to go see each other, let them be in the middle, let them throw some punches, then break it up.

I like to be aggressive, I like to finish fights.

I'm the son of a vet and grew up with golden retrievers. Dogs have always loomed large in our lives but labradors have the nicest personalities: kind, loyal and caring.

Lineker is a very tough fighter. I mean, he's definitely not on my level.

He's a pit bull," Adam said. "I know some really nice pit bulls." "He's the kind of pit that makes the evening news. Gansey's trying to restrain him." "How noble.