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.
AL MCGUIREI don’t believe in looking past anybody – I wouldn’t look past the Little Sisters of the Poor after they stayed up all night.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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 next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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On how to make the game more exciting.
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I’m an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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The world is run by C students
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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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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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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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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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Can’t win without talent, you know.
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I just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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