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.
AL MCGUIREWinning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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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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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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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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I don’t believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people.
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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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When I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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Can’t win without talent, you know.
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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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