I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated.
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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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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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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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I believe in a business boarding up early. If you make a mistake, you put the boards in the window of the store and say, “Hey, I made a mistake.
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You better have great practices.
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God didn’t miss any of us.
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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.
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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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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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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school.
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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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