When a guy takes off his coat, he’s not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!
AL MCGUIREIt’s so ridiculous to see a golfer with a one foot putt and everybody is saying “Shhh” and not moving a muscle.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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I’m not saying that they were Einsteins; they were marginal students. But every ballplayer whoever touched me has moved up his station in life. And the players moved up my station.
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You better have great practices.
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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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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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The only difference between being eccentric and being nuts is the number of security boxes you own.
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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 nicest thing about coaching is that one day you feel like you can play handball against a curb, and on other days you feel like you can fly to the moon.
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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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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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