And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
AL MCGUIREWhen a guy takes off his coat, he’s not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!
More Al McGuire Quotes
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It bothers me that the average fan, the average sportswriter for that matter, pays so much attention to what’s in a box score.
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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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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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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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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I believe in a business boarding up early. If you make a mistake, you put the boards in the window of the store and say, “Hey, I made a mistake.
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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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 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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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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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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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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