Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
AL MCGUIREWhen a guy takes off his coat, he’s not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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I let ballplayers yell back at me because I wasn’t trying to prove I’m boss. I know I’m boss.
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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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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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You better have great practices.
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If a player leaves Marquette and doesn’t have some of my blood in him, then I don’t think I’ve done a good job.
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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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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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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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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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You measure a player from the head up.
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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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Don’t call me son unless you’re going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, “Son.”)
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I just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
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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 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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I come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.
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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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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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The world is run by C students
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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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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