A team should be an extension of a coach’s personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.
AL MCGUIREI come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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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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Can’t win without talent, you know.
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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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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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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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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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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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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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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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