It bothers me that the average fan, the average sportswriter for that matter, pays so much attention to what’s in a box score.
AL MCGUIREDean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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I’m not saying that they were Einsteins; they were marginal students. But every ballplayer whoever touched me has moved up his station in life. And the players moved up my station.
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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 went into a restaurant one night and ordered lobster, and the waiter brought me one with a claw missing.
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My rule was I wouldn’t recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house.
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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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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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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Make your life exciting.
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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 come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.
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The people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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