The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
AL MCGUIREThe best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
AL MCGUIREIt bothers me that the average fan, the average sportswriter for that matter, pays so much attention to what’s in a box score.
AL MCGUIREAnd if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
AL MCGUIREThe only difference between being eccentric and being nuts is the number of security boxes you own.
AL MCGUIREKeep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
AL MCGUIREI don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
AL MCGUIREWinning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
AL MCGUIREI believe in a business boarding up early. If you make a mistake, you put the boards in the window of the store and say, “Hey, I made a mistake.
AL MCGUIREI had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.
AL MCGUIREMy rule was I wouldn’t recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house.
AL MCGUIREI’m an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
AL MCGUIREDon’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
AL MCGUIREIf a player leaves Marquette and doesn’t have some of my blood in him, then I don’t think I’ve done a good job.
AL MCGUIREWhen I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
AL MCGUIREYou gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.
AL MCGUIREI 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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