I just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
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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On how to make the game more exciting.
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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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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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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The world is run by C students
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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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Live in the moment that you are in.
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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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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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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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