I come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.
AL MCGUIREI just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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I tell the players that they can’t relive any day in their lives and that they can’t relive the minutes of a game.
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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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I believe in a business boarding up early. If you make a mistake, you put the boards in the window of the store and say, “Hey, I made a mistake.
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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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I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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I went into a restaurant one night and ordered lobster, and the waiter brought me one with a claw missing.
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I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.
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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 nicest thing about coaching is that one day you feel like you can play handball against a curb, and on other days you feel like you can fly to the moon.
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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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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 can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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