We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
AL MCGUIREI don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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I’m an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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On how to make the game more exciting.
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I called him over and told him about it. He told me that in the back there’s a tank they keep the lobsters in and while they’re in there, they fight and sometimes one loses a claw. I told him ‘then bring me a winner.’
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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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There’s no one who’s dropped on top of the mountain. You’ve got to work your way to the top.
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Can’t win without talent, you know.
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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You measure a player from the head up.
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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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When a guy takes off his coat, he’s not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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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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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school.
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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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Make your life exciting.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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Don’t call me son unless you’re going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, “Son.”)
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The people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
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When I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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