When I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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.
I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.
I don’t believe in looking past anybody – I wouldn’t look past the Little Sisters of the Poor after they stayed up all night.
The people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
I let ballplayers yell back at me because I wasn’t trying to prove I’m boss. I know I’m boss.
I come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.
You better have great practices.
The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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.
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.
I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
It’s so ridiculous to see a golfer with a one foot putt and everybody is saying “Shhh” and not moving a muscle. Then we allow nineteen year-old kids to face a game-deciding free throw with seventeen thousand people yelling.
On how to make the game more exciting – Eliminate the referees, raise the basket four feet, double the size of the basketball, limit the height of the players to 5 feet 9 inches, bring back the centre jump, allow taxi drivers in for free and allow the players to carry guns.
Live in the moment that you are in.