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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More Al McGuire Quotes
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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 difference between being eccentric and being nuts is the number of security boxes you own.
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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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It’s a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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Make your life exciting.
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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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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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I believe in a business boarding up early. If you make a mistake, you put the boards in the window of the store and say, “Hey, I made a mistake.
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The world is run by C students
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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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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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.
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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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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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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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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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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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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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