Then we allow nineteen year-old kids to face a game-deciding free throw with seventeen thousand people yelling.
AL MCGUIREA team should be an extension of a coach’s personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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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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Live in the moment that you are in.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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It bothers me that the average fan, the average sportswriter for that matter, pays so much attention to what’s in a box score.
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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I don’t believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people.
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” Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing.
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God didn’t miss any of us.
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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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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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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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