A box score does not properly represent the most important thing – team play. It shows some guy scoring 27 points, but it doesn’t show that my 27-point man let his guy score 30.
AL MCGUIREDon’t call me son unless you’re going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, “Son.”)
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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When I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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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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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.
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The world is run by C students
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I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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On how to make the game more exciting.
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Can’t win without talent, you know.
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