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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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You better have great practices.
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It bothers me that the average fan, the average sportswriter for that matter, pays so much attention to what’s in a box score.
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I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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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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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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Make your life exciting.
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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school.
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When a guy takes off his coat, he’s not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!
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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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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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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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The nicest thing about coaching is that one day you feel like you can play handball against a curb, and on other days you feel like you can fly to the moon.
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