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.
AL MCGUIREThat’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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Eliminate 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.
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You better have great practices.
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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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God didn’t miss any of us.
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The nicest thing about coaching is that one day you feel like you can play handball against a curb, and on other days you feel like you can fly to the moon.
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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.”)
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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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Most people zero in on their failures. I try to keep all my attention on a pyramid type philosophy rather than the averaging-down philosophy.
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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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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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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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