They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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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A team should be an extension of a coach’s personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.
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You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated.
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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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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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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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It bothers me that the average fan, the average sportswriter for that matter, pays so much attention to what’s in a box score.
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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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” Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing.
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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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My rule was I wouldn’t recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house.
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Can’t win without talent, you know.
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I don’t believe in looking past anybody – I wouldn’t look past the Little Sisters of the Poor after they stayed up all night.
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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