It bothers me that the average fan, the average sportswriter for that matter, pays so much attention to what’s in a box score.
AL MCGUIREThat’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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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Make your life exciting.
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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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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school.
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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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I come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.
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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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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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There’s no one who’s dropped on top of the mountain. You’ve got to work your way to the top.
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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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