Our guys took Shop and Advanced Shop. Shop is when you make a chair. Advanced Shop is when you paint it.
AL MCGUIREI don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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Don’t call me son unless you’re going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, “Son.”)
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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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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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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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” Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing.
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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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Can’t win without talent, you know.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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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 had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.
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When I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
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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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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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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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