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.
AL MCGUIREIf winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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A team should be an extension of a coach’s personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.
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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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You better have great practices.
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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 come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.
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When I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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Make your life exciting.
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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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The world is run by C students
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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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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