The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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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I went into a restaurant one night and ordered lobster, and the waiter brought me one with a claw missing.
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” Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing.
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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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So they should make a great effort, a Mount Everest type effort, to live up to their potential. Success is a communal type thing.
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God didn’t miss any of us.
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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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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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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 a player leaves Marquette and doesn’t have some of my blood in him, then I don’t think I’ve done a good job.
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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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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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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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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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