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.
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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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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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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If a player leaves Marquette and doesn’t have some of my blood in him, then I don’t think I’ve done a good job.
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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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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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I went into a restaurant one night and ordered lobster, and the waiter brought me one with a claw missing.
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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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Eliminate the referees, raise the basket four feet, double the size of the basketball, limit the height of the players to 5 feet 9 inches, bring back the centre jump, allow taxi drivers in for free and allow the players to carry guns.
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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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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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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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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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