There’s no one who’s dropped on top of the mountain. You’ve got to work your way to the top.
AL MCGUIREThe only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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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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Then we allow nineteen year-old kids to face a game-deciding free throw with seventeen thousand people yelling.
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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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The world is run by C students
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On how to make the game more exciting.
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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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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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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 call me son unless you’re going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, “Son.”)
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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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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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