You better have great practices.
AL MCGUIREMost people zero in on their failures. I try to keep all my attention on a pyramid type philosophy rather than the averaging-down philosophy.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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When I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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The people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
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The world is run by C students
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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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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 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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Eliminate the referees, raise the basket four feet, double the size of the basketball, limit the height of the players to 5 feet 9 inches, bring back the centre jump, allow taxi drivers in for free and allow the players to carry guns.
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You measure a player from the head up.
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If a player leaves Marquette and doesn’t have some of my blood in him, then I don’t think I’ve done a good job.
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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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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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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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