Live in the moment that you are in.
AL MCGUIREDon’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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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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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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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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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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God didn’t miss any of us.
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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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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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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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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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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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I tell the players that they can’t relive any day in their lives and that they can’t relive the minutes of a game.
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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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