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.’
AL MCGUIREEliminate the referees, raise the basket four feet, double the size of the basketball, limit the height of the players to 5 feet 9 inches, bring back the centre jump, allow taxi drivers in for free and allow the players to carry guns.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school.
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I just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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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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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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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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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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If a player leaves Marquette and doesn’t have some of my blood in him, then I don’t think I’ve done a good job.
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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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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 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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You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.
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Can’t win without talent, you know.
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