My rule was I wouldn’t recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house.
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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A box score does not properly represent the most important thing – team play. It shows some guy scoring 27 points, but it doesn’t show that my 27-point man let his guy score 30.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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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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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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Make your life exciting.
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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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I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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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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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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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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I let ballplayers yell back at me because I wasn’t trying to prove I’m boss. I know I’m boss.
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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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