Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
AL MCGUIREWhen a guy takes off his coat, he’s not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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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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I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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The only difference between being eccentric and being nuts is the number of security boxes you own.
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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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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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You better have great practices.
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I let ballplayers yell back at me because I wasn’t trying to prove I’m boss. I know I’m boss.
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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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I tell the players that they can’t relive any day in their lives and that they can’t relive the minutes of a game.
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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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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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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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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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