Our guys took Shop and Advanced Shop. Shop is when you make a chair. Advanced Shop is when you paint it.
AL MCGUIREWhen I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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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 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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I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.
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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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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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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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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 called him over and told him about it. He told me that in the back there’s a tank they keep the lobsters in and while they’re in there, they fight and sometimes one loses a claw. I told him ‘then bring me a winner.’
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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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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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I come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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Make your life exciting.
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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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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 want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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When I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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The people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
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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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