A team should be an extension of a coach’s personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.
AL MCGUIREDo what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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Make your life exciting.
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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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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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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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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school.
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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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I’m an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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The world is run by C students
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There’s no one who’s dropped on top of the mountain. You’ve got to work your way to the top.
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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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I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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