A box score does not properly represent the most important thing – team play. It shows some guy scoring 27 points, but it doesn’t show that my 27-point man let his guy score 30.
AL MCGUIREKeep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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The people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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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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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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I tell the players that they can’t relive any day in their lives and that they can’t relive the minutes of a game.
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It’s so ridiculous to see a golfer with a one foot putt and everybody is saying “Shhh” and not moving a muscle.
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God didn’t miss any of us.
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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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I went into a restaurant one night and ordered lobster, and the waiter brought me one with a claw missing.
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The only difference between being eccentric and being nuts is the number of security boxes you own.
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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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There’s no one who’s dropped on top of the mountain. You’ve got to work your way to the top.
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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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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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