The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
AL MCGUIREIf you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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On how to make the game more exciting.
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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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My rule was I wouldn’t recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house.
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I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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You better have great practices.
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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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Live in the moment that you are in.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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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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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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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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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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