I let ballplayers yell back at me because I wasn’t trying to prove I’m boss. I know I’m boss.
AL MCGUIREIt’s a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.
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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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So they should make a great effort, a Mount Everest type effort, to live up to their potential. Success is a communal type thing.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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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 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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A 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.
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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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The world is run by C students
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Make your life exciting.
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