That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
AL MCGUIREIt bothers me that the average fan, the average sportswriter for that matter, pays so much attention to what’s in a box score.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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On how to make the game more exciting.
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That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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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 discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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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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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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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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Eliminate the referees, raise the basket four feet, double the size of the basketball, limit the height of the players to 5 feet 9 inches, bring back the centre jump, allow taxi drivers in for free and allow the players to carry guns.
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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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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My rule was I wouldn’t recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house.
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I don’t believe in looking past anybody – I wouldn’t look past the Little Sisters of the Poor after they stayed up all night.
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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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You measure a player from the head up.
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The world is run by C students
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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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So they should make a great effort, a Mount Everest type effort, to live up to their potential. Success is a communal type thing.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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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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