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.
AL MCGUIREIt bothers me that the average fan, the average sportswriter for that matter, pays so much attention to what’s in a box score.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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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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Don’t call me son unless you’re going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, “Son.”)
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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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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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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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That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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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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I let ballplayers yell back at me because I wasn’t trying to prove I’m boss. I know I’m boss.
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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My rule was I wouldn’t recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house.
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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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