So they should make a great effort, a Mount Everest type effort, to live up to their potential. Success is a communal type thing.
AL MCGUIREYou gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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I don’t believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people.
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You measure a player from the head up.
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Can’t win without talent, you know.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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I just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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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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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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God didn’t miss any of us.
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Then we allow nineteen year-old kids to face a game-deciding free throw with seventeen thousand people yelling.
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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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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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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It bothers me that the average fan, the average sportswriter for that matter, pays so much attention to what’s in a box score.
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