Al McGuire Quotes

"I don't know why people question the academic training of an athlete. Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes."
-Al McGuire in Doctors quotes.

"I think the world is run by 'C' students."
-Al McGuire

"The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets."
-Al McGuire

"When a guy takes off his coat, he's not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!"
-Al McGuire

"When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric."
-Al McGuire

"Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war."
-Al McGuire

"If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili should be good."
-Al McGuire

"All I could think of was, why me? After all the years of odors in the locker room, the socks and jocks. All the fights in the gyms. Just the wildness of it all. And to have it end like this. It's been a great run. Normally, alley fighters, street fighters like me, don't end up in lace."
-Al McGuire