God didn’t miss any of us.
AL MCGUIREA box score does not properly represent the most important thing – team play. It shows some guy scoring 27 points, but it doesn’t show that my 27-point man let his guy score 30.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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You better have great practices.
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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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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school.
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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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Can’t win without talent, you know.
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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 don’t believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people.
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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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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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