Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
AL MCGUIRERemember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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Most people zero in on their failures. I try to keep all my attention on a pyramid type philosophy rather than the averaging-down philosophy.
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The only difference between being eccentric and being nuts is the number of security boxes you own.
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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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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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Can’t win without talent, you know.
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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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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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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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You better have great practices.
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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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