More from Al McGuire
It bothers me that the average fan, the average sportswriter for that matter, pays so much attention to what’s in a box score.
Al McGuireAl McGuire Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
Al McGuireAl McGuire You measure a player from the head up.
Al McGuireAl McGuire 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.
Al McGuireAl McGuire I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
Al McGuireAl McGuire You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.
Al McGuireAl McGuire If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
Al McGuireAl McGuire The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
Al McGuireAl McGuire Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
Al McGuireAl McGuire Make your life exciting.
Al McGuireAl McGuire 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.
Al McGuireAl McGuire I don’t believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people.
Al McGuireAl McGuire When I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
Al McGuireAl McGuire That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
Al McGuireAl McGuire Live in the moment that you are in.
Al McGuireAl McGuire If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
Al McGuireAl McGuire
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We were dirt poor but we had each other. We didn’t need much to have a lot.
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov One quick sip of your memory I let it slip, and I go on without you.
Emma SchippersEmma Schippers If the scars on my heart were visible to the naked eye, maybe you’d think twice about inflicting more.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney I am getting better at forgetting you. I am slowly but steadily learning the art of forgetting you.
Juana GarciaJuana Garcia Paper and pen petrify me, for they pierce right through me, drawing deep blue blood, leaving me utterly cold.
Shreya JoshiShreya Joshi Spend time with people who get excited over even the smallest victories you earn.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis I wonder if you were the poison or the antidote.
Ginnie BaleGinnie Bale
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More on excite
Happiness lies only in that which excites, and the only thing that excites is crime.
Marquis de SadeMarquis de Sade I Tweeted Keri Hilson the other day and she actually wrote back! I was so excited.
Kevin DurantKevin Durant Buy only because something excites you, not just for the simple act of shopping.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld I was a little excited but mostly blorft. “Blorft” is an adjective I just made up that means ‘Completely overwhelmed but proceeding as if everything is fine and reacting to the stress with the torpor of a possum.’ I have been blorft every day for the past seven years.
Tina FeyTina Fey Buy what you don’t have yet, or what you really want, which can be mixed with what you already own. Buy only because something excites you, not just for the simple act of shopping.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld Crime is the soul of lust. What would pleasure be if it were not accompanied by crime? It is not the object of debauchery that excites us, rather the idea of evil.
Marquis de SadeMarquis de Sade I had to lull mom and hank into believing i was in the right frame of mind to be taken into public. If i exited my bedroom foaming at the mouth and dressed in black love sucks tee, my plan would never get off the ground.
Becca FitzpatrickBecca Fitzpatrick I wish I could make you see how exciting the life of the spirit is and how rich in experience. It’s illimitable. It’s such a happy life. There’s only one thing like it, when you’re up in a plane by yourself, high, high, and only infinity surrounds you.
W. Somerset MaughamW. Somerset Maugham
