Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
AL MCGUIREEliminate 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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It’s a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.
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Don’t call me son unless you’re going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, “Son.”)
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That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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A team should be an extension of a coach’s personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.
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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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Then we allow nineteen year-old kids to face a game-deciding free throw with seventeen thousand people yelling.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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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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My rule was I wouldn’t recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house.
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