All Al McGuire Quotes
- It's a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired. Basketball
- The people who know basketball, their elevators don't go to the top. Basketball
- I let ballplayers yell back at me because I wasn't trying to prove I'm boss. I know I'm boss. Ballplayers
- Don't call me son unless you're going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, "Son.") Adolph
- If you're straight with your players, they'll be straight with you. Basketball
- Can't win without talent, you know. Basketball
- Our guys took Shop and Advanced Shop. Shop is when you make a chair. Advanced Shop is when you paint it. Advanced
- When a guy takes off his coat, he's not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out! Basketball
- 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 years in a… All
- I'm an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense. Basketball
- God didn't miss any of us. Any
- Live every day as if it were Saturday night. Basketball
- Don't be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere. Another Guy
- Live in the moment that you are in. Basketball
- Make your life exciting. Do what you have to do as long as you don't hurt people. Basketball
- You measure a player from the head up. From
- The world is run by C students C Students
- I went into a restaurant one night and ordered lobster, and the waiter brought me one with a claw missing. I called him over and… Bring
- I don't think any decent human being enjoys recruiting. Any
- That's it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons. Balloons
- There's no one who's dropped on top of the mountain. You've got to work your way to the top. Dropped
- It bothers me that the average fan, the average sportswriter for that matter, pays so much attention to what's in a box score. A box… Attention
- I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant. Arrogant
- 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, so they… Any
- I believe in a business boarding up early. If you make a mistake, you put the boards in the window of the store and say,… All