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AL MCGUIREThere’s no one who’s dropped on top of the mountain. You’ve got to work your way to the top.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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Then we allow nineteen year-old kids to face a game-deciding free throw with seventeen thousand people yelling.
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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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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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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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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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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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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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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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That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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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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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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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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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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