On how to make the game more exciting.
AL MCGUIRERemember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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Our guys took Shop and Advanced Shop. Shop is when you make a chair. Advanced Shop is when you paint it.
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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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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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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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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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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 difference between being eccentric and being nuts is the number of security boxes you own.
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The people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
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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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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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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 don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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