I’m not saying that they were Einsteins; they were marginal students. But every ballplayer whoever touched me has moved up his station in life. And the players moved up my station.
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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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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Can’t win without talent, you know.
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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When I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
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I don’t believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people.
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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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I went into a restaurant one night and ordered lobster, and the waiter brought me one with a claw missing.
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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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You better have great practices.
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It’s so ridiculous to see a golfer with a one foot putt and everybody is saying “Shhh” and not moving a muscle.
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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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The only difference between being eccentric and being nuts is the number of security boxes you own.
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