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.
AL MCGUIREIf you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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” 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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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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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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Make your life exciting.
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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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The people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
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The only difference between being eccentric and being nuts is the number of security boxes you own.
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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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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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You measure a player from the head up.
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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school.
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