The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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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So they should make a great effort, a Mount Everest type effort, to live up to their potential. Success is a communal type thing.
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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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It’s a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.
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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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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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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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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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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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It bothers me that the average fan, the average sportswriter for that matter, pays so much attention to what’s in a box score.
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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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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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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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