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.
AL MCGUIREIf the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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I just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
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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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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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You measure a player from the head up.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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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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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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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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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school.
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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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A box score does not properly represent the most important thing – team play. It shows some guy scoring 27 points, but it doesn’t show that my 27-point man let his guy score 30.
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