If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
AL MCGUIRELive in the moment that you are in.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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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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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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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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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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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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I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.
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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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You measure a player from the head up.
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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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” Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing.
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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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