My rule was I wouldn’t recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house.
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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You measure a player from the head up.
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Make your life exciting.
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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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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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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 be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school.
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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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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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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 don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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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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The world is run by C students
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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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