Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
AL MCGUIREYou’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.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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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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That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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I went into a restaurant one night and ordered lobster, and the waiter brought me one with a claw missing.
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When I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
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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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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.
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You measure a player from the head up.
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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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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 just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
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