When I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
AL MCGUIREWhen I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
AL MCGUIREAnd if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
AL MCGUIREDo what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
AL MCGUIREI want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
AL MCGUIREThe 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.
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.
AL MCGUIREYou gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.
AL MCGUIREYou can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
AL MCGUIREYou’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.
AL MCGUIREYou better have great practices.
AL MCGUIREThe only difference between being eccentric and being nuts is the number of security boxes you own.
AL MCGUIREI don’t believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people.
AL MCGUIREThe people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
AL MCGUIREDon’t call me son unless you’re going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, “Son.”)
AL MCGUIREThe next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
AL MCGUIRECan’t win without talent, you know.
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