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.
AL MCGUIRE” Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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Eliminate the referees, raise the basket four feet, double the size of the basketball, limit the height of the players to 5 feet 9 inches, bring back the centre jump, allow taxi drivers in for free and allow the players to carry guns.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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It’s a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.
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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 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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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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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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Don’t call me son unless you’re going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, “Son.”)
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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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