” Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing.
AL MCGUIREI 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.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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I let ballplayers yell back at me because I wasn’t trying to prove I’m boss. I know I’m boss.
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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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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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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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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Live in the moment that you are in.
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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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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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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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You’re the best there. You’ve been all-city two years in a row. How bad can you be? You come with me and we’ll make nice music.
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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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You better have great practices.
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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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