There’s no one who’s dropped on top of the mountain. You’ve got to work your way to the top.
AL MCGUIREDon’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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The people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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I believe in a business boarding up early. If you make a mistake, you put the boards in the window of the store and say, “Hey, I made a mistake.
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You better have great practices.
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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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I went into a restaurant one night and ordered lobster, and the waiter brought me one with a claw missing.
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Our guys took Shop and Advanced Shop. Shop is when you make a chair. Advanced Shop is when you paint it.
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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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The nicest thing about coaching is that one day you feel like you can play handball against a curb, and on other days you feel like you can fly to the moon.
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Then we allow nineteen year-old kids to face a game-deciding free throw with seventeen thousand people yelling.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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