The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
AL MCGUIREI don’t believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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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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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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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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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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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 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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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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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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When a guy takes off his coat, he’s not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated.
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I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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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.
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