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.’
AL MCGUIREEliminate 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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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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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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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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When I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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On how to make the game more exciting.
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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 just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
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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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The world is run by C students
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That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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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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So they should make a great effort, a Mount Everest type effort, to live up to their potential. Success is a communal type thing.
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It bothers me that the average fan, the average sportswriter for that matter, pays so much attention to what’s in a box score.
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