I just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
AL MCGUIRELive every day as if it were Saturday night.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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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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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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A team should be an extension of a coach’s personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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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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It’s a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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I come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.
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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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You better have great practices.
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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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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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