The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
AL MCGUIREThe next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
AL MCGUIREI’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.
AL MCGUIREThe people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
AL MCGUIREThe best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
AL MCGUIREThe only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
AL MCGUIREThat’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
AL MCGUIREDean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
AL MCGUIREDo what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
AL MCGUIREIf 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.
AL MCGUIREWhen I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
AL MCGUIREI let ballplayers yell back at me because I wasn’t trying to prove I’m boss. I know I’m boss.
AL MCGUIREA 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.
AL MCGUIREMake your life exciting.
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.
AL MCGUIREI don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
AL MCGUIREWhen I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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