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.
AL MCGUIREMake your life exciting.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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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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Then we allow nineteen year-old kids to face a game-deciding free throw with seventeen thousand people yelling.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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I just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
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On how to make the game more exciting.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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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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God didn’t miss any of us.
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Can’t win without talent, you know.
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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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