I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
AL MCGUIREThe only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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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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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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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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I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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Can’t win without talent, you know.
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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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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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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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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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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