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.
AL MCGUIREI don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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I tell the players that they can’t relive any day in their lives and that they can’t relive the minutes of a game.
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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 don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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You measure a player from the head up.
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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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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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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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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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The world is run by C students
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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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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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