” Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing.
AL MCGUIRECan’t win without talent, you know.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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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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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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Most people zero in on their failures. I try to keep all my attention on a pyramid type philosophy rather than the averaging-down philosophy.
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The nicest thing about coaching is that one day you feel like you can play handball against a curb, and on other days you feel like you can fly to the moon.
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You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.
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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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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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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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