I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
AL MCGUIREI don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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Don’t call me son unless you’re going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, “Son.”)
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You’re the best there. You’ve been all-city two years in a row. How bad can you be? You come with me and we’ll make nice music.
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Can’t win without talent, you know.
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God didn’t miss any of us.
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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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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 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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Make your life exciting.
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The people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school.
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On how to make the game more exciting.
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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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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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