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.
AL MCGUIREI 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.’
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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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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God didn’t miss any of us.
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The 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.
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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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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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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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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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A box score does not properly represent the most important thing – team play. It shows some guy scoring 27 points, but it doesn’t show that my 27-point man let his guy score 30.
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On how to make the game more exciting.
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There’s no one who’s dropped on top of the mountain. You’ve got to work your way to the top.
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