Winning is only important in war and surgery.
AL MCGUIREThe only difference between being eccentric and being nuts is the number of security boxes you own.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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I let ballplayers yell back at me because I wasn’t trying to prove I’m boss. I know I’m boss.
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I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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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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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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You measure a player from the head up.
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That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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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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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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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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Our guys took Shop and Advanced Shop. Shop is when you make a chair. Advanced Shop is when you paint it.
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The people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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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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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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