Winning is only important in war and surgery.
AL MCGUIREMy rule was I wouldn’t recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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Make your life exciting.
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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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I come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.
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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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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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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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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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I just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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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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I don’t believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people.
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