When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
AL MCGUIREThe people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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My rule was I wouldn’t recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house.
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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 had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.
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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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I just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
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I don’t believe in looking past anybody – I wouldn’t look past the Little Sisters of the Poor after they stayed up all night.
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When I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
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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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Can’t win without talent, you know.
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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