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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Live in the moment that you are in.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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You measure a player from the head up.
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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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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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I just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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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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Can’t win without talent, you know.
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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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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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If a player leaves Marquette and doesn’t have some of my blood in him, then I don’t think I’ve done a good job.
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