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.
AL MCGUIREIt bothers me that the average fan, the average sportswriter for that matter, pays so much attention to what’s in a box score.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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So they should make a great effort, a Mount Everest type effort, to live up to their potential. Success is a communal type thing.
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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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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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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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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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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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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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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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You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.
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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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On how to make the game more exciting.
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