A box score does not properly represent the most important thing – team play. It shows some guy scoring 27 points, but it doesn’t show that my 27-point man let his guy score 30.
AL MCGUIREWhen I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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A team should be an extension of a coach’s personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.
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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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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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There’s no one who’s dropped on top of the mountain. You’ve got to work your way to the top.
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I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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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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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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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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God didn’t miss any of us.
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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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On how to make the game more exciting.
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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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