I come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.
AL MCGUIREI don’t believe in looking past anybody – I wouldn’t look past the Little Sisters of the Poor after they stayed up all night.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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On how to make the game more exciting.
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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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You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.
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The people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
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Our guys took Shop and Advanced Shop. Shop is when you make a chair. Advanced Shop is when you paint it.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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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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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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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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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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When I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
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I let ballplayers yell back at me because I wasn’t trying to prove I’m boss. I know I’m boss.
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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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