Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
AL MCGUIREYou measure a player from the head up.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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God didn’t miss any of us.
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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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I’m not saying that they were Einsteins; they were marginal students. But every ballplayer whoever touched me has moved up his station in life. And the players moved up my station.
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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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The world is run by C students
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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 went into a restaurant one night and ordered lobster, and the waiter brought me one with a claw missing.
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That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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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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You better have great practices.
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Make your life exciting.
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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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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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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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