If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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.’
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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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You better have great practices.
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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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I let ballplayers yell back at me because I wasn’t trying to prove I’m boss. I know I’m boss.
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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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It bothers me that the average fan, the average sportswriter for that matter, pays so much attention to what’s in a box score.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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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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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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When I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
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Make your life exciting.
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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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You measure a player from the head up.
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