I just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
AL MCGUIREKeep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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Make your life exciting.
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You measure a player from the head up.
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I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.
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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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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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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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I went into a restaurant one night and ordered lobster, and the waiter brought me one with a claw missing.
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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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A team should be an extension of a coach’s personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.
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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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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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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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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 not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated.
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