I called him over and told him about it. He told me that in the back there’s a tank they keep the lobsters in and while they’re in there, they fight and sometimes one loses a claw. I told him ‘then bring me a winner.’
AL MCGUIRECan’t win without talent, you know.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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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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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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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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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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I don’t believe in looking past anybody – I wouldn’t look past the Little Sisters of the Poor after they stayed up all night.
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If 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.
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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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You measure a player from the head up.
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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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I went into a restaurant one night and ordered lobster, and the waiter brought me one with a claw missing.
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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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