God didn’t miss any of us.
AL MCGUIREThat’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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I went into a restaurant one night and ordered lobster, and the waiter brought me one with a claw missing.
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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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The people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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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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The world is run by C students
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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The only difference between being eccentric and being nuts is the number of security boxes you own.
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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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Can’t win without talent, you know.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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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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I don’t believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people.
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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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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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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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I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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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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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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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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I let ballplayers yell back at me because I wasn’t trying to prove I’m boss. I know I’m boss.
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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.
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