Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
AL MCGUIREThe best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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I come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.
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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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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 the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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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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You measure a player from the head up.
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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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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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Can’t win without talent, you know.
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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.
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