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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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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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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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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I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.
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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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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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I’m an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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When I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
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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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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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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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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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