We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
AL MCGUIREAnd if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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I tell the players that they can’t relive any day in their lives and that they can’t relive the minutes of a game.
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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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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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Then we allow nineteen year-old kids to face a game-deciding free throw with seventeen thousand people yelling.
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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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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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You’re the best there. You’ve been all-city two years in a row. How bad can you be? You come with me and we’ll make nice music.
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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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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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When I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
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