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.
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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The people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
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I’m an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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You better have great practices.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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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 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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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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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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Most people zero in on their failures. I try to keep all my attention on a pyramid type philosophy rather than the averaging-down philosophy.
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I come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.
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When I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
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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 don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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