You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
AL MCGUIREMost people zero in on their failures. I try to keep all my attention on a pyramid type philosophy rather than the averaging-down philosophy.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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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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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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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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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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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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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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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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