It bothers me that the average fan, the average sportswriter for that matter, pays so much attention to what’s in a box score.
AL MCGUIREI tell the players that they can’t relive any day in their lives and that they can’t relive the minutes of a game.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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Eliminate the referees, raise the basket four feet, double the size of the basketball, limit the height of the players to 5 feet 9 inches, bring back the centre jump, allow taxi drivers in for free and allow the players to carry guns.
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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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 believe in looking past anybody – I wouldn’t look past the Little Sisters of the Poor after they stayed up all night.
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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I don’t believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people.
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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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I come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.
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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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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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