On how to make the game more exciting.
AL MCGUIREThe next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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The people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
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I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated.
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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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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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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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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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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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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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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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I just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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The world is run by C students
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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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