A team should be an extension of a coach’s personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.
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More Al McGuire Quotes
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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I tell the players that they can’t relive any day in their lives and that they can’t relive the minutes of a game.
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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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The only difference between being eccentric and being nuts is the number of security boxes you own.
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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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Don’t call me son unless you’re going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, “Son.”)
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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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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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I just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
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I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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The people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
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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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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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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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