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.
AL MCGUIREThey call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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Make your life exciting.
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Eliminate the referees, raise the basket four feet, double the size of the basketball, limit the height of the players to 5 feet 9 inches, bring back the centre jump, allow taxi drivers in for free and allow the players to carry guns.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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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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When I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
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I’m an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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I called him over and told him about it. He told me that in the back there’s a tank they keep the lobsters in and while they’re in there, they fight and sometimes one loses a claw. I told him ‘then bring me a winner.’
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That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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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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God didn’t miss any of us.
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