I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.
AL MCGUIREDon’t call me son unless you’re going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, “Son.”)
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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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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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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That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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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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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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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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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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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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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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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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” Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing.
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