I let ballplayers yell back at me because I wasn’t trying to prove I’m boss. I know I’m boss.
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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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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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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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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Don’t call me son unless you’re going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, “Son.”)
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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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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school.
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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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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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The only difference between being eccentric and being nuts is the number of security boxes you own.
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I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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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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I don’t believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people.
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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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On how to make the game more exciting.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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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.
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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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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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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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It’s a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.
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You measure a player from the head up.
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