Al McGuire Quotes

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

Winning is only important in war and surgery.

Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.

My rule was I wouldn’t recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house. That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.

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.

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 score does not properly represent the most important thing – team play. It shows some guy scoring 27 points, but it doesn’t show that my 27-point man let his guy score 30.

Live in the moment that you are in.

The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.

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

I’m an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.

Life is what you allow yourself not to see.

God didn’t miss any of us.