My rule was I wouldn’t recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house.
AL MCGUIREHelp one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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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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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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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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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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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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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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I come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.
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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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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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Don’t call me son unless you’re going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, “Son.”)
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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school.
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