Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
AL MCGUIREThey call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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I’m an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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On how to make the game more exciting.
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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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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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The world is run by C students
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Can’t win without talent, you know.
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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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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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When a guy takes off his coat, he’s not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!
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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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It’s so ridiculous to see a golfer with a one foot putt and everybody is saying “Shhh” and not moving a muscle.
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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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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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