A team should be an extension of a coach’s personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.
AL MCGUIREI went into a restaurant one night and ordered lobster, and the waiter brought me one with a claw missing.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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I’m an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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I don’t believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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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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A box score does not properly represent the most important thing – team play. It shows some guy scoring 27 points, but it doesn’t show that my 27-point man let his guy score 30.
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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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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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I tell the players that they can’t relive any day in their lives and that they can’t relive the minutes of a game.
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The world is run by C students
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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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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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I let ballplayers yell back at me because I wasn’t trying to prove I’m boss. I know I’m boss.
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You’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.
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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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