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.
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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There’s no one who’s dropped on top of the mountain. You’ve got to work your way to the top.
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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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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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” Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing.
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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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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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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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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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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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You’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.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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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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Can’t win without talent, you know.
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