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.
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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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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My rule was I wouldn’t recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house.
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I’m not saying that they were Einsteins; they were marginal students. But every ballplayer whoever touched me has moved up his station in life. And the players moved up my station.
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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The people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
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It’s so ridiculous to see a golfer with a one foot putt and everybody is saying “Shhh” and not moving a muscle.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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If a player leaves Marquette and doesn’t have some of my blood in him, then I don’t think I’ve done a good job.
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When I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
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You’re the best there. You’ve been all-city two years in a row. How bad can you be? You come with me and we’ll make nice music.
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You measure a player from the head up.
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The world is run by C students
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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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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