Quotes

Ring on playing wing half-forward(his least favourite position):
"When you pass a centre back, you're heading straight for goal, but when you come in from the wing, you have the centre forward and corner-back to beat".

On winning the County double with Glen Rovers and St. Nicholas in 1954:
"We're the best in everything now".

On President Hillery wanting to meet him at the first entire production of 'The Hurler':
"What would the President want to see me for?"

On seeing the play, The Hurler:
"If he had not been a Glenman(the playwright), I would have walked out".

On Hurling:
"The hardest things that you must do in training will serve you well in the game, because you will never have to do them as hard again".

An inter county player was sounding Ring on what aspects of play various players would be remembered for."What wil I be remembered for?", he asked Ring.
"Nothing", came the reply.

Advice to aspiring hurlers:
"Keep your eye on the ball, even when it's in the referee's pocket".

On Squash:
"In hurling, you hit the ball and it is a goal,or a point, or a wide, and maybe once in a while it comes back to you.In squash, it just keeps coming back".

On Rocky Marciano:
"He'd hit you on the elbow, and paralyse your whole body".