And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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I’m an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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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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It’s a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.
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I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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The people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
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So they should make a great effort, a Mount Everest type effort, to live up to their potential. Success is a communal type thing.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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” Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing.
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Can’t win without talent, you know.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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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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I called him over and told him about it. He told me that in the back there’s a tank they keep the lobsters in and while they’re in there, they fight and sometimes one loses a claw. I told him ‘then bring me a winner.’
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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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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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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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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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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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I don’t believe in looking past anybody – I wouldn’t look past the Little Sisters of the Poor after they stayed up all night.
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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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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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A team should be an extension of a coach’s personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.
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You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.
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On how to make the game more exciting.
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God didn’t miss any of us.
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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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