Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
AL MCGUIREYou’re the best there. You’ve been all-city two years in a row. How bad can you be? You come with me and we’ll make nice music.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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I let ballplayers yell back at me because I wasn’t trying to prove I’m boss. I know I’m boss.
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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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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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I believe in a business boarding up early. If you make a mistake, you put the boards in the window of the store and say, “Hey, I made a mistake.
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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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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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I went into a restaurant one night and ordered lobster, and the waiter brought me one with a claw missing.
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Make your life exciting.
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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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I’m an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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