The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
AL MCGUIREIf 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.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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You better have great practices.
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I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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A box score does not properly represent the most important thing – team play. It shows some guy scoring 27 points, but it doesn’t show that my 27-point man let his guy score 30.
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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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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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I’m an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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I don’t believe in looking past anybody – I wouldn’t look past the Little Sisters of the Poor after they stayed up all night.
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God didn’t miss any of us.
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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school.
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That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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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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