It’s a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.
AL MCGUIREThen we allow nineteen year-old kids to face a game-deciding free throw with seventeen thousand people yelling.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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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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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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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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That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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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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I’m an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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I just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
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The world is run by C students
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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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When I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
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