I let ballplayers yell back at me because I wasn’t trying to prove I’m boss. I know I’m boss.
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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Don’t call me son unless you’re going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, “Son.”)
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When I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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The world is run by C students
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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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It’s a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.
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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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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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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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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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You measure a player from the head up.
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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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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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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