The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
AL MCGUIRERemember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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God didn’t miss any of us.
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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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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school.
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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 the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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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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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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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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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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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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