I’m not saying that they were Einsteins; they were marginal students. But every ballplayer whoever touched me has moved up his station in life. And the players moved up my station.
AL MCGUIREThey call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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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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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated.
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I tell the players that they can’t relive any day in their lives and that they can’t relive the minutes of a game.
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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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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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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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When I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
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You better have great practices.
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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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When a guy takes off his coat, he’s not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!
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Can’t win without talent, you know.
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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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