I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.
AL MCGUIREIf winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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I don’t believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people.
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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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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school.
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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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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’m an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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It’s a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.
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God didn’t miss any of us.
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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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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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