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 MCGUIRESo they should make a great effort, a Mount Everest type effort, to live up to their potential. Success is a communal type thing.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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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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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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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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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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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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The world is run by C students
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You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.
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That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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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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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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