And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
AL MCGUIREIf you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.
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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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The people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
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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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My rule was I wouldn’t recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house.
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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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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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You better have great practices.
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I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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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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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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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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It’s so ridiculous to see a golfer with a one foot putt and everybody is saying “Shhh” and not moving a muscle.
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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