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.
AL MCGUIREHelp one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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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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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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My rule was I wouldn’t recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house.
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On how to make the game more exciting.
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Eliminate the referees, raise the basket four feet, double the size of the basketball, limit the height of the players to 5 feet 9 inches, bring back the centre jump, allow taxi drivers in for free and allow the players to carry guns.
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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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Then we allow nineteen year-old kids to face a game-deciding free throw with seventeen thousand people yelling.
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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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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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Most people zero in on their failures. I try to keep all my attention on a pyramid type philosophy rather than the averaging-down philosophy.
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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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When a guy takes off his coat, he’s not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!
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You measure a player from the head up.
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