” Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing.
AL MCGUIREMake your life exciting.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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Make your life exciting.
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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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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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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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The world is run by C students
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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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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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I just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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So they should make a great effort, a Mount Everest type effort, to live up to their potential. Success is a communal type thing.
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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.
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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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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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You measure a player from the head up.
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