I’m an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
AL MCGUIREI had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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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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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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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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You’re the best there. You’ve been all-city two years in a row. How bad can you be? You come with me and we’ll make nice music.
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I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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I just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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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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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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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 nicest thing about coaching is that one day you feel like you can play handball against a curb, and on other days you feel like you can fly to the moon.
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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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