God didn’t miss any of us.
AL MCGUIREI don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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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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I tell the players that they can’t relive any day in their lives and that they can’t relive the minutes of a game.
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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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I’m an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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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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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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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 don’t believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people.
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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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I don’t believe in looking past anybody – I wouldn’t look past the Little Sisters of the Poor after they stayed up all night.
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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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On how to make the game more exciting.
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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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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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