I don’t believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people.
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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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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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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A team should be an extension of a coach’s personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.
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The world is run by C students
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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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Most people zero in on their failures. I try to keep all my attention on a pyramid type philosophy rather than the averaging-down philosophy.
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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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Live in the moment that you are in.
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God didn’t miss any of us.
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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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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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Eliminate the referees, raise the basket four feet, double the size of the basketball, limit the height of the players to 5 feet 9 inches, bring back the centre jump, allow taxi drivers in for free and allow the players to carry guns.
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Can’t win without talent, you know.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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