When a guy takes off his coat, he’s not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!
AL MCGUIREDean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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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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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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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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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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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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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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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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Don’t call me son unless you’re going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, “Son.”)
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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 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 was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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God didn’t miss any of us.
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I’m an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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