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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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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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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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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I come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.
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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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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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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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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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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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I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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On how to make the game more exciting.
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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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