My rule was I wouldn’t recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house.
AL MCGUIRECan’t win without talent, you know.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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Can’t win without talent, you know.
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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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That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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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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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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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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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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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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On how to make the game more exciting.
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