A team should be an extension of a coach’s personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.
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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.”)
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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I just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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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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God didn’t miss any of us.
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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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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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The only difference between being eccentric and being nuts is the number of security boxes you own.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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It’s a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.
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The people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
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I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.
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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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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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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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