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.
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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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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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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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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You better have great practices.
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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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A team should be an extension of a coach’s personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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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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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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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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