The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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You measure a player from the head up.
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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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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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When I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
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Then we allow nineteen year-old kids to face a game-deciding free throw with seventeen thousand people yelling.
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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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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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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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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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Make your life exciting.
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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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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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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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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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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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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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There’s no one who’s dropped on top of the mountain. You’ve got to work your way to the top.
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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 it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.
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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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