When a guy takes off his coat, he’s not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!
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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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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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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I went into a restaurant one night and ordered lobster, and the waiter brought me one with a claw missing.
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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It’s so ridiculous to see a golfer with a one foot putt and everybody is saying “Shhh” and not moving a muscle.
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Make your life exciting.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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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 world is run by C students
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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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