Live in the moment that you are in.
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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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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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.
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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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The only difference between being eccentric and being nuts is the number of security boxes you own.
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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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The people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
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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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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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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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