When I'm losing, they call me nuts. When I'm winning, they call me eccentric. — Al McGuire Copy Share Image
I come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet. — Al McGuire Copy Share Image
Make your life exciting. Do what you have to do as long as you don't hurt people. — Al McGuire Copy Share Image
The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful. — Al McGuire Copy Share Image
My rule was I wouldn't recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house. That's not my world. My… — Al McGuire Copy Share Image
I don't believe in looking past anybody - I wouldn't look past the Little Sisters of the Poor after they stayed up… — Al McGuire Copy Share Image
If a player leaves Marquette and doesn't have some of my blood in him, then I don't think I've done a good… — Al McGuire Copy Share Image
Our guys took Shop and Advanced Shop. Shop is when you make a chair. Advanced Shop is when you paint it. — Al McGuire Copy Share Image
I'm not saying that they were Einsteins; they were marginal students. But every ballplayer whoever touched me has moved up his station… — Al McGuire Copy Share Image
I just can't recruit where there's grass around. You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in… — Al McGuire Copy Share Image
The nicest thing about coaching is that one day you feel like you can play handball against a curb, and on other… — Al McGuire Copy Share Image
On how to make the game more exciting - Eliminate the referees, raise the basket four feet, double the size of the… — Al McGuire Copy Share Image
Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school. You're the best there. You've been all-city two… — Al McGuire Copy Share Image
I let ballplayers yell back at me because I wasn't trying to prove I'm boss. I know I'm boss. — Al McGuire Copy Share Image
I don't discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I'm not interested in philosophy classes. — Al McGuire Copy Share Image
You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders' skirts. — Al McGuire Copy Share Image
Don't call me son unless you're going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, "Son.") — Al McGuire Copy Share Image
It's a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired. — Al McGuire Copy Share Image
A team should be an extension of a coach's personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious. — Al McGuire Copy Share Image
I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave. — Al McGuire Copy Share Image
All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair. — Al McGuire Copy Share Image
I just can't recruit where there's grass around. You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk… — Al McGuire Copy Share Image
I let ballplayers yell back at me because I wasn't trying to prove I'm boss. I know I'm boss. — Al McGuire Copy Share Image
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. — Al McGuire Copy Share Image
There's no one who's dropped on top of the mountain. You've got to work your way to the top. — Al McGuire Copy Share Image
Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class. — Al McGuire Copy Share Image
The nicest thing about coaching is that one day you feel like you can play handball against a curb, and on other days you… — Al McGuire Copy Share Image
