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.
AL MCGUIREKeep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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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 you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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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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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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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 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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The world is run by C students
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I called him over and told him about it. He told me that in the back there’s a tank they keep the lobsters in and while they’re in there, they fight and sometimes one loses a claw. I told him ‘then bring me a winner.’
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The people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
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Eliminate the referees, raise the basket four feet, double the size of the basketball, limit the height of the players to 5 feet 9 inches, bring back the centre jump, allow taxi drivers in for free and allow the players to carry guns.
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I just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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