I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
AL MCGUIREThe nicest thing about coaching is that one day you feel like you can play handball against a curb, and on other days you feel like you can fly to the moon.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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Don’t call me son unless you’re going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, “Son.”)
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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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I tell the players that they can’t relive any day in their lives and that they can’t relive the minutes of a game.
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Make your life exciting.
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I’m an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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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.
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So they should make a great effort, a Mount Everest type effort, to live up to their potential. Success is a communal type thing.
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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The nicest thing about coaching is that one day you feel like you can play handball against a curb, and on other days you feel like you can fly to the moon.
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I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.
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