I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
AL MCGUIRE” Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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I 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.’
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The world is run by C students
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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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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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So they should make a great effort, a Mount Everest type effort, to live up to their potential. Success is a communal type thing.
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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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The only difference between being eccentric and being nuts is the number of security boxes you own.
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You measure a player from the head up.
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I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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It’s a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.
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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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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 come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.
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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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