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.
AL MCGUIREOur guys took Shop and Advanced Shop. Shop is when you make a chair. Advanced Shop is when you paint it.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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You measure a player from the head up.
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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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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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It’s so ridiculous to see a golfer with a one foot putt and everybody is saying “Shhh” and not moving a muscle.
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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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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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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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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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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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When I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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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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The world is run by C students
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