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.
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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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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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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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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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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On how to make the game more exciting.
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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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You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.
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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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I just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
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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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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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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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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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