A team should be an extension of a coach’s personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.
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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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school.
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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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The only difference between being eccentric and being nuts is the number of security boxes you own.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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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 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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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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You measure a player from the head up.
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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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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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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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Our guys took Shop and Advanced Shop. Shop is when you make a chair. Advanced Shop is when you paint it.
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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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