I just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
AL MCGUIRECan’t win without talent, you know.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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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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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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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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I don’t believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people.
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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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My rule was I wouldn’t recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house.
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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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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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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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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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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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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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The world is run by C students
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