Football Quotes by Al McGuire

8 Football quotes by Al McGuire

Al McGuire offers eight brief reflections on football, drawing on his coaching experience to stress motivation, discipline, and the joy of competition. This compact collection gives a quick glimpse into his cross‑sport perspective.

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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.

Al McGuire

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The people who know basketball, their elevators don't go to the top.

Al McGuire

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On how to make the game more exciting - Eliminate the referees, raise the basket four feet, double the size of the…

Al McGuire

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If winning weren't important nobody would keep score.

Al McGuire

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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…

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You measure a player from the head up.

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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.

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If you're straight with your players, they'll be straight with you.

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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.

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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.

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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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Help one kid at a time. He'll maybe go back and help a few more.

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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.

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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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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.

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I don't think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.

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God didn't miss any of us.

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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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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.

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“13. “The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets”

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