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.
AL MCGUIREFifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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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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That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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There’s no one who’s dropped on top of the mountain. You’ve got to work your way to the top.
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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.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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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.
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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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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.
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My rule was I wouldn’t recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house.
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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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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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