Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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” Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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On how to make the game more exciting.
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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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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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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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Eliminate the referees, raise the basket four feet, double the size of the basketball, limit the height of the players to 5 feet 9 inches, bring back the centre jump, allow taxi drivers in for free and allow the players to carry guns.
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I’m not saying that they were Einsteins; they were marginal students. But every ballplayer whoever touched me has moved up his station in life. And the players moved up my station.
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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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I tell the players that they can’t relive any day in their lives and that they can’t relive the minutes of a game.
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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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I don’t believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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