If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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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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 come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.
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The people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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I believe in a business boarding up early. If you make a mistake, you put the boards in the window of the store and say, “Hey, I made a mistake.
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I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.
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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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Make your life exciting.
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school.
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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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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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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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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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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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