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.
AL MCGUIREWhen I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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God didn’t miss any of us.
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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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On how to make the game more exciting.
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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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I don’t believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people.
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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 a guy takes off his coat, he’s not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!
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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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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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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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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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Live in the moment that you are in.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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