5 quotes
"Winning is overemphasized. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war"
- Al McGuire
Balance
"The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets."
- Al McGuire
Inspiration
"There's a lot of humiliation on the playground. Before you finally establish your reputation, you have to suffer a lot. I was humiliated so many times that I got used to it. But it was one of those things. You either subjected yourself to the humiliation or left the park."
- Al McGuire
Resilience
"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, ‘Hey, I made a mistake.’ Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing. I don't believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people. Most people zero in on their failures. I try to keep all my attention on a pyramid type philosophy rather than the averaging-down philosophy."
- Al McGuire
Learning from Mistakes
"Winning is overemphasized. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war."
- Al McGuire
Philosophy