There’s no one who’s dropped on top of the mountain. You’ve got to work your way to the top.
AL MCGUIREI’m not saying that they were Einsteins; they were marginal students. But every ballplayer whoever touched me has moved up his station in life. And the players moved up my station.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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Then we allow nineteen year-old kids to face a game-deciding free throw with seventeen thousand people yelling.
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Make your life exciting.
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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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That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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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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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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I’m not saying that they were Einsteins; they were marginal students. But every ballplayer whoever touched me has moved up his station in life. And the players moved up my station.
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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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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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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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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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I don’t believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people.
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