I let ballplayers yell back at me because I wasn’t trying to prove I’m boss. I know I’m boss.
AL MCGUIREThey call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school.
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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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Our guys took Shop and Advanced Shop. Shop is when you make a chair. Advanced Shop is when you paint it.
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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 can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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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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The world is run by C students
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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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Make your life exciting.
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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