I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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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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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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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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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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Then we allow nineteen year-old kids to face a game-deciding free throw with seventeen thousand people yelling.
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A team should be an extension of a coach’s personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.
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When I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
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I believe in a business boarding up early. If you make a mistake, you put the boards in the window of the store and say, “Hey, I made a mistake.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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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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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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You measure a player from the head up.
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