I’m an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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You better have great practices.
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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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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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I called him over and told him about it. He told me that in the back there’s a tank they keep the lobsters in and while they’re in there, they fight and sometimes one loses a claw. I told him ‘then bring me a winner.’
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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I don’t believe in looking past anybody – I wouldn’t look past the Little Sisters of the Poor after they stayed up all night.
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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My rule was I wouldn’t recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house.
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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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