I’m an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
AL MCGUIREMost people zero in on their failures. I try to keep all my attention on a pyramid type philosophy rather than the averaging-down philosophy.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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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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You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.
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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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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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Make your life exciting.
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I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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Our guys took Shop and Advanced Shop. Shop is when you make a chair. Advanced Shop is when you paint it.
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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Most people zero in on their failures. I try to keep all my attention on a pyramid type philosophy rather than the averaging-down philosophy.
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You measure a player from the head up.
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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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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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