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.
AL MCGUIREYou can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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I let ballplayers yell back at me because I wasn’t trying to prove I’m boss. I know I’m boss.
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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.
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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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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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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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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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The people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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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 just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
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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.
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