Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
AL MCGUIRE” Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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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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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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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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God didn’t miss any of us.
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You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.
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I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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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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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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” Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing.
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I don’t believe in looking past anybody – I wouldn’t look past the Little Sisters of the Poor after they stayed up all night.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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