Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
AL MCGUIREIf the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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I’m not saying that they were Einsteins; they were marginal students. But every ballplayer whoever touched me has moved up his station in life. And the players moved up my station.
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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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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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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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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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Can’t win without talent, you know.
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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school.
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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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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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I went into a restaurant one night and ordered lobster, and the waiter brought me one with a claw missing.
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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It’s a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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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 people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
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On how to make the game more exciting.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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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’m an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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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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God didn’t miss any of us.
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