Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
AL MCGUIREIf 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.
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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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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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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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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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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Make your life exciting.
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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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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 believe in a business boarding up early. If you make a mistake, you put the boards in the window of the store and say, “Hey, I made a mistake.
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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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God didn’t miss any of us.
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My rule was I wouldn’t recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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I’m not saying that they were Einsteins; they were marginal students. But every ballplayer whoever touched me has moved up his station in life. And the players moved up my station.
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