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.
AL MCGUIREI let ballplayers yell back at me because I wasn’t trying to prove I’m boss. I know I’m boss.
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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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 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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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school.
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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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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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The people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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