Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
AL MCGUIRESo they should make a great effort, a Mount Everest type effort, to live up to their potential. Success is a communal type thing.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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You better have great practices.
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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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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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On how to make the game more exciting.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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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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I don’t believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people.
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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 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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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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So they should make a great effort, a Mount Everest type effort, to live up to their potential. Success is a communal type thing.
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