They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
AL MCGUIREI 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.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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I don’t believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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You measure a player from the head up.
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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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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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My rule was I wouldn’t recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house.
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The world is run by C students
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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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I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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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 don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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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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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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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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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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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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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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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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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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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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Live in the moment that you are in.
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You better have great practices.
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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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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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