Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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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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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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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Our guys took Shop and Advanced Shop. Shop is when you make a chair. Advanced Shop is when you paint it.
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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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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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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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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.
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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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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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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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