Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
AL MCGUIREI called him over and told him about it. He told me that in the back there’s a tank they keep the lobsters in and while they’re in there, they fight and sometimes one loses a claw. I told him ‘then bring me a winner.’
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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 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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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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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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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 the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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You better have great practices.
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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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I come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.
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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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” Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing.
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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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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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Make your life exciting.
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