The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
AL MCGUIREThe best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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.
AL MCGUIREI let ballplayers yell back at me because I wasn’t trying to prove I’m boss. I know I’m boss.
AL MCGUIRELive every day as if it were Saturday night.
AL MCGUIREI want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
AL MCGUIREI come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.
AL MCGUIRELive in the moment that you are in.
AL MCGUIREHelp one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
AL MCGUIREWinning is only important in war and surgery.
AL MCGUIREThere’s no one who’s dropped on top of the mountain. You’ve got to work your way to the top.
AL MCGUIREDo what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
AL MCGUIREEliminate the referees, raise the basket four feet, double the size of the basketball, limit the height of the players to 5 feet 9 inches, bring back the centre jump, allow taxi drivers in for free and allow the players to carry guns.
AL MCGUIREI went into a restaurant one night and ordered lobster, and the waiter brought me one with a claw missing.
AL MCGUIREA 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.
AL MCGUIREOur guys took Shop and Advanced Shop. Shop is when you make a chair. Advanced Shop is when you paint it.
AL MCGUIREDean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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