Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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’s a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.
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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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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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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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You better have great practices.
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That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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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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God didn’t miss any of us.
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You measure a player from the head up.
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You’re the best there. You’ve been all-city two years in a row. How bad can you be? You come with me and we’ll make nice music.
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I called him over and told him about it. He told me that in the back there’s a tank they keep the lobsters in and while they’re in there, they fight and sometimes one loses a claw. I told him ‘then bring me a winner.’
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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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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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