Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
AL MCGUIREWe rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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You measure a player from the head up.
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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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” Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing.
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Can’t win without talent, you know.
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Make your life exciting.
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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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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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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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I just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
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It’s so ridiculous to see a golfer with a one foot putt and everybody is saying “Shhh” and not moving a muscle.
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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 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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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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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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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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