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.
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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When a guy takes off his coat, he’s not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!
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That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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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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My rule was I wouldn’t recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house.
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You better have great practices.
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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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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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Make your life exciting.
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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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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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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.
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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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