When I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
AL MCGUIREKeep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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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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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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On how to make the game more exciting.
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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 had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.
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I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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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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The people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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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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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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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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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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