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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You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.
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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When I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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Can’t win without talent, you know.
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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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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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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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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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It’s a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.
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I just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
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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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On how to make the game more exciting.
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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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