I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
AL MCGUIREI’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.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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Can’t win without talent, you know.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.
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I’m an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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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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God didn’t miss any of us.
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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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There’s no one who’s dropped on top of the mountain. You’ve got to work your way to the top.
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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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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school.
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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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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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