Then we allow nineteen year-old kids to face a game-deciding free throw with seventeen thousand people yelling.
AL MCGUIREWinning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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The world is run by C students
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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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God didn’t miss any of us.
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I went into a restaurant one night and ordered lobster, and the waiter brought me one with a claw missing.
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It’s so ridiculous to see a golfer with a one foot putt and everybody is saying “Shhh” and not moving a muscle.
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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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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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Can’t win without talent, you know.
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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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I don’t believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people.
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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