A team should be an extension of a coach’s personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.
AL MCGUIREIt’s a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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Our guys took Shop and Advanced Shop. Shop is when you make a chair. Advanced Shop is when you paint it.
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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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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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Can’t win without talent, you know.
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It’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 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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I don’t believe in looking past anybody – I wouldn’t look past the Little Sisters of the Poor after they stayed up all night.
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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You better have great practices.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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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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Make your life exciting.
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I let ballplayers yell back at me because I wasn’t trying to prove I’m boss. I know I’m boss.
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When I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
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