You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.
AL MCGUIREA team should be an extension of a coach’s personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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I don’t believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people.
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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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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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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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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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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 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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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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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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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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I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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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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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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