There’s no one who’s dropped on top of the mountain. You’ve got to work your way to the top.
AL MCGUIREYou’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.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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You measure a player from the head up.
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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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When I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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The world is run by C students
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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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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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The only difference between being eccentric and being nuts is the number of security boxes you own.
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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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A box score does not properly represent the most important thing – team play. It shows some guy scoring 27 points, but it doesn’t show that my 27-point man let his guy score 30.
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