Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school.
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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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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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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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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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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I’m an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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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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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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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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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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God didn’t miss any of us.
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The people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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