When I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
AL MCGUIREWinning is only important in war and surgery.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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Make your life exciting.
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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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I called him over and told him about it. He told me that in the back there’s a tank they keep the lobsters in and while they’re in there, they fight and sometimes one loses a claw. I told him ‘then bring me a winner.’
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If a player leaves Marquette and doesn’t have some of my blood in him, then I don’t think I’ve done a good job.
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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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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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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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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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I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated.
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A team should be an extension of a coach’s personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.
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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school.
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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