I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
AL MCGUIREI let ballplayers yell back at me because I wasn’t trying to prove I’m boss. I know I’m boss.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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I’m an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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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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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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You better have great practices.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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I tell the players that they can’t relive any day in their lives and that they can’t relive the minutes of a game.
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There’s no one who’s dropped on top of the mountain. You’ve got to work your way to the top.
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Our guys took Shop and Advanced Shop. Shop is when you make a chair. Advanced Shop is when you paint it.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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I 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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