I just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
AL MCGUIRE
They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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I just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
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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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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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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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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 come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.
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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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A team should be an extension of a coach’s personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.
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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 know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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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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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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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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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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