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 MCGUIREYou can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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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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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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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.
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Make your life exciting.
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I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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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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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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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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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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On how to make the game more exciting.
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I don’t believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people.
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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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