That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
AL MCGUIREOur guys took Shop and Advanced Shop. Shop is when you make a chair. Advanced Shop is when you paint it.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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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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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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You better have great practices.
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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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Make your life exciting.
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God didn’t miss any of us.
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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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I let ballplayers yell back at me because I wasn’t trying to prove I’m boss. I know I’m boss.
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I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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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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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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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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