A team should be an extension of a coach’s personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.
AL MCGUIREHelp one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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 want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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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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” 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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You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.
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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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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.
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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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On how to make the game more exciting.
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So they should make a great effort, a Mount Everest type effort, to live up to their potential. Success is a communal type thing.
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There’s no one who’s dropped on top of the mountain. You’ve got to work your way to the top.
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I’m an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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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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