If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
AL MCGUIREWinning is only important in war and surgery.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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 gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.
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Eliminate the referees, raise the basket four feet, double the size of the basketball, limit the height of the players to 5 feet 9 inches, bring back the centre jump, allow taxi drivers in for free and allow the players to carry guns.
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I believe in a business boarding up early. If you make a mistake, you put the boards in the window of the store and say, “Hey, I made a mistake.
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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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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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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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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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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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school.
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