All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
AL MCGUIREYou measure a player from the head up.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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I’m an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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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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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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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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On how to make the game more exciting.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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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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I called him over and told him about it. He told me that in the back there’s a tank they keep the lobsters in and while they’re in there, they fight and sometimes one loses a claw. I told him ‘then bring me a winner.’
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God didn’t miss any of us.
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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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