That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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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When a guy takes off his coat, he’s not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!
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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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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’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.
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It’s so ridiculous to see a golfer with a one foot putt and everybody is saying “Shhh” and not moving a muscle.
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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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On how to make the game more exciting.
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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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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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I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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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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The nicest thing about coaching is that one day you feel like you can play handball against a curb, and on other days you feel like you can fly to the moon.
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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school.
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I went into a restaurant one night and ordered lobster, and the waiter brought me one with a claw missing.
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