Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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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You measure a player from the head up.
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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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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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I don’t believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people.
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The only difference between being eccentric and being nuts is the number of security boxes you own.
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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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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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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school.
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God didn’t miss any of us.
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The nicest thing about coaching is that one day you feel like you can play handball against a curb, and on other days you feel like you can fly to the moon.
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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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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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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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