Our guys took Shop and Advanced Shop. Shop is when you make a chair. Advanced Shop is when you paint it.
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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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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On how to make the game more exciting.
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Most people zero in on their failures. I try to keep all my attention on a pyramid type philosophy rather than the averaging-down philosophy.
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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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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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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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You better have great practices.
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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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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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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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Then we allow nineteen year-old kids to face a game-deciding free throw with seventeen thousand people yelling.
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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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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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