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.
AL MCGUIREIt’s so ridiculous to see a golfer with a one foot putt and everybody is saying “Shhh” and not moving a muscle.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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I just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
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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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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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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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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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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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Can’t win without talent, you know.
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I’m an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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When a guy takes off his coat, he’s not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!
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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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