The world is run by C students
AL MCGUIREWhen I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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You’re the best there. You’ve been all-city two years in a row. How bad can you be? You come with me and we’ll make nice music.
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You better have great practices.
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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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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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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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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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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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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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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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You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.
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Make your life exciting.
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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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