Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school.
AL MCGUIREThe only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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I’m an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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The people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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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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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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On how to make the game more exciting.
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You’re the best there. You’ve been all-city two years in a row. How bad can you be? You come with me and we’ll make nice music.
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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A team should be an extension of a coach’s personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.
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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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Make your life exciting.
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You better have great practices.
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