If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
AL MCGUIREFifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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I just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
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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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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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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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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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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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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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The people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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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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You better have great practices.
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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 looking past anybody – I wouldn’t look past the Little Sisters of the Poor after they stayed up all night.
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