You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.
AL MCGUIREI don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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Make your life exciting.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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A team should be an extension of a coach’s personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.
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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 come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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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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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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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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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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