I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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.
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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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On how to make the game more exciting.
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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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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 want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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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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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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Make your life exciting.
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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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I’m not saying that they were Einsteins; they were marginal students. But every ballplayer whoever touched me has moved up his station in life. And the players moved up my station.
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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 don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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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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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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The people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
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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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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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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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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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God didn’t miss any of us.
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When I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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You better have great practices.
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