It’s so ridiculous to see a golfer with a one foot putt and everybody is saying “Shhh” and not moving a muscle.
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.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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On how to make the game more exciting.
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You better have great practices.
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.
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There’s no one who’s dropped on top of the mountain. You’ve got to work your way to the top.
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I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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If 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.
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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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A box score does not properly represent the most important thing – team play. It shows some guy scoring 27 points, but it doesn’t show that my 27-point man let his guy score 30.
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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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The only difference between being eccentric and being nuts is the number of security boxes you own.
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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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I’m an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school.
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