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.
AL MCGUIREThe next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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You better have great practices.
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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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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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My rule was I wouldn’t recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house.
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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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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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When a guy takes off his coat, he’s not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!
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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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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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Live in the moment that you are in.
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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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I’m an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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It bothers me that the average fan, the average sportswriter for that matter, pays so much attention to what’s in a box score.
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