You measure a player from the head up.
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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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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My rule was I wouldn’t recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house.
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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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A team should be an extension of a coach’s personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.
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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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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school.
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On how to make the game more exciting.
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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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I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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You’re the best there. You’ve been all-city two years in a row. How bad can you be? You come with me and we’ll make nice music.
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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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I tell the players that they can’t relive any day in their lives and that they can’t relive the minutes of a game.
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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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