When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
AL MCGUIREI don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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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 went into a restaurant one night and ordered lobster, and the waiter brought me one with a claw missing.
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You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.
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You better have great practices.
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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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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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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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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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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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I’m an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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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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