I let ballplayers yell back at me because I wasn’t trying to prove I’m boss. I know I’m boss.
AL MCGUIREDon’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school.
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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You measure a player from the head up.
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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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On how to make the game more exciting.
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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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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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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My rule was I wouldn’t recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house.
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