I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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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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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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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Our guys took Shop and Advanced Shop. Shop is when you make a chair. Advanced Shop is when you paint it.
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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The world is run by C students
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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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I just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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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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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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