So they should make a great effort, a Mount Everest type effort, to live up to their potential. Success is a communal type thing.
AL MCGUIREI 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.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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I just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
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I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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Can’t win without talent, you know.
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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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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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Live in the moment that you are in.
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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 want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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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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