There’s no one who’s dropped on top of the mountain. You’ve got to work your way to the top.
AL MCGUIREIf the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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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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Don’t call me son unless you’re going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, “Son.”)
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I went into a restaurant one night and ordered lobster, and the waiter brought me one with a claw missing.
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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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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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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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The world is run by C students
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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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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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