Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
AL MCGUIREThe nicest thing about coaching is that one day you feel like you can play handball against a curb, and on other days you feel like you can fly to the moon.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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The only difference between being eccentric and being nuts is the number of security boxes you own.
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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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.
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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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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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I went into a restaurant one night and ordered lobster, and the waiter brought me one with a claw missing.
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I just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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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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I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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So they should make a great effort, a Mount Everest type effort, to live up to their potential. Success is a communal type thing.
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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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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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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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