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.
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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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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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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The world is run by C students
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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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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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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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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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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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I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school.
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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