” Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing.
AL MCGUIREOn how to make the game more exciting.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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 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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It’s a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.
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Our guys took Shop and Advanced Shop. Shop is when you make a chair. Advanced Shop is when you paint it.
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So they should make a great effort, a Mount Everest type effort, to live up to their potential. Success is a communal type thing.
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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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I just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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The people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
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I’m an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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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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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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