When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
AL MCGUIREI don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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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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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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It’s so ridiculous to see a golfer with a one foot putt and everybody is saying “Shhh” and not moving a muscle.
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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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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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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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You measure a player from the head up.
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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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I just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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The world is run by C students
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When I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
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