I tell the players that they can’t relive any day in their lives and that they can’t relive the minutes of a game.
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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I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.
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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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Make your life exciting.
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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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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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It’s so ridiculous to see a golfer with a one foot putt and everybody is saying “Shhh” and not moving a muscle.
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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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The world is run by C students
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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God didn’t miss any of us.
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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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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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I don’t believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people.
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Our guys took Shop and Advanced Shop. Shop is when you make a chair. Advanced Shop is when you paint it.
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