I went into a restaurant one night and ordered lobster, and the waiter brought me one with a claw missing.
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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Don’t call me son unless you’re going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, “Son.”)
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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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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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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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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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Make your life exciting.
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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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Then we allow nineteen year-old kids to face a game-deciding free throw with seventeen thousand people yelling.
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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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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 know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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You’re the best there. You’ve been all-city two years in a row. How bad can you be? You come with me and we’ll make nice music.
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