And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
AL MCGUIREDon’t call me son unless you’re going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, “Son.”)
More Al McGuire Quotes
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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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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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On how to make the game more exciting.
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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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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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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You measure a player from the head up.
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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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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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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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I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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Make your life exciting.
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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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