I called him over and told him about it. He told me that in the back there’s a tank they keep the lobsters in and while they’re in there, they fight and sometimes one loses a claw. I told him ‘then bring me a winner.’
AL MCGUIREMy rule was I wouldn’t recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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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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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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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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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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I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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You better have great practices.
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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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 think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated.
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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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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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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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