Quotes from Al McGuire

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

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.

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.

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

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

I think the world is run by C students.

Al McGuire to Billy Packer . I saw the first sign of spring in Milwaukee the other day . Packer : What's that ? Al : The curb.

They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven't changed. The only difference between being eccentric and being nuts is the number of security boxes you own.

You measure a player from the head up.

I don't discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I'm not interested in philosophy classes.

God didn't miss any of us.

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 job.

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

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

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

Life is what you allow yourself not to see.

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

Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.

The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.

I'm not saying that they were Einsteins; they were marginal students. But every ballplayer whoever touched me has moved up his station in life. And the players moved up my station.

I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.

When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.

Make your life exciting. Do what you have to do as long as you don't hurt people.

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