I tell the players that they can’t relive any day in their lives and that they can’t relive the minutes of a game.
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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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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Then we allow nineteen year-old kids to face a game-deciding free throw with seventeen thousand people yelling.
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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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On how to make the game more exciting.
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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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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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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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I went into a restaurant one night and ordered lobster, and the waiter brought me one with a claw missing.
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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You measure a player from the head up.
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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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You better have great practices.
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