The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
AL MCGUIREThe 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.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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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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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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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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I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated.
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Don’t call me son unless you’re going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, “Son.”)
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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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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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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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Make your life exciting.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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