Don’t call me son unless you’re going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, “Son.”)
AL MCGUIREFifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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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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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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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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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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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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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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Can’t win without talent, you know.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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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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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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