That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
AL MCGUIREI just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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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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The world is run by C students
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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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Live in the moment that you are in.
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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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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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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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I come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.
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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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Most people zero in on their failures. I try to keep all my attention on a pyramid type philosophy rather than the averaging-down philosophy.
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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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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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The people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
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I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated.
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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’s a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.
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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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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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When a guy takes off his coat, he’s not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!
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