I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
AL MCGUIREIf a player leaves Marquette and doesn’t have some of my blood in him, then I don’t think I’ve done a good job.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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I come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.
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You better have great practices.
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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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You measure a player from the head up.
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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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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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” Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing.
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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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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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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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I’m an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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So they should make a great effort, a Mount Everest type effort, to live up to their potential. Success is a communal type thing.
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