Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
AL MCGUIREI called him over and told him about it. He told me that in the back there’s a tank they keep the lobsters in and while they’re in there, they fight and sometimes one loses a claw. I told him ‘then bring me a winner.’
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So they should make a great effort, a Mount Everest type effort, to live up to their potential. Success is a communal type thing.
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I don’t believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people.
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I don’t believe in looking past anybody – I wouldn’t look past the Little Sisters of the Poor after they stayed up all night.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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I come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.
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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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I believe in a business boarding up early. If you make a mistake, you put the boards in the window of the store and say, “Hey, I made a mistake.
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On how to make the game more exciting.
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Most people zero in on their failures. I try to keep all my attention on a pyramid type philosophy rather than the averaging-down philosophy.
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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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Make your life exciting.
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God didn’t miss any of us.
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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated.
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The only difference between being eccentric and being nuts is the number of security boxes you own.
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