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.
AL MCGUIREThey call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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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 better have great practices.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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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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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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I’m an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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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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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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The people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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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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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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