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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More Al McGuire Quotes
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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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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The nicest thing about coaching is that one day you feel like you can play handball against a curb, and on other days you feel like you can fly to the moon.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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Eliminate the referees, raise the basket four feet, double the size of the basketball, limit the height of the players to 5 feet 9 inches, bring back the centre jump, allow taxi drivers in for free and allow the players to carry guns.
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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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.
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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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You better have great practices.
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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The world is run by C students
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I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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