My rule was I wouldn’t recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house.
AL MCGUIREIt’s so ridiculous to see a golfer with a one foot putt and everybody is saying “Shhh” and not moving a muscle.
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I called him over and told him about it. He told me that in the back there’s a tank they keep the lobsters in and while they’re in there, they fight and sometimes one loses a claw. I told him ‘then bring me a winner.’
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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.
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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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God didn’t miss any of us.
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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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Make your life exciting.
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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school.
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You’re the best there. You’ve been all-city two years in a row. How bad can you be? You come with me and we’ll make nice music.
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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