Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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’m an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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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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My rule was I wouldn’t recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house.
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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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Live in the moment that you are in.
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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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On how to make the game more exciting.
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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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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.
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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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I just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
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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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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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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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