That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
AL MCGUIREThere’s no one who’s dropped on top of the mountain. You’ve got to work your way to the top.
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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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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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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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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Can’t win without talent, you know.
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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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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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That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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I just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
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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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You better have great practices.
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The people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
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I don’t believe in looking past anybody – I wouldn’t look past the Little Sisters of the Poor after they stayed up all night.
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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I’m not saying that they were Einsteins; they were marginal students. But every ballplayer whoever touched me has moved up his station in life. And the players moved up my station.
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I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated.
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I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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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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