Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
AL MCGUIREA 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.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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I don’t believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people.
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I don’t believe in looking past anybody – I wouldn’t look past the Little Sisters of the Poor after they stayed up all night.
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I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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The people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
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It’s a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.
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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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Make your life exciting.
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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I called him over and told him about it. He told me that in the back there’s a tank they keep the lobsters in and while they’re in there, they fight and sometimes one loses a claw. I told him ‘then bring me a winner.’
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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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On how to make the game more exciting.
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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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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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