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 MCGUIRERemember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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I don’t believe in looking past anybody – I wouldn’t look past the Little Sisters of the Poor after they stayed up all night.
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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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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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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 think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated.
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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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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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Can’t win without talent, you know.
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You better have great practices.
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The world is run by C students
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I come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.
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That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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Our guys took Shop and Advanced Shop. Shop is when you make a chair. Advanced Shop is when you paint it.
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