I just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
AL MCGUIREIf you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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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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On how to make the game more exciting.
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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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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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I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.
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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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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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I’m not saying that they were Einsteins; they were marginal students. But every ballplayer whoever touched me has moved up his station in life. And the players moved up my station.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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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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” 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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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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