It bothers me that the average fan, the average sportswriter for that matter, pays so much attention to what’s in a box score.
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.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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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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I believe in a business boarding up early. If you make a mistake, you put the boards in the window of the store and say, “Hey, I made a mistake.
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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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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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I come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.
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I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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Make your life exciting.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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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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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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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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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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