Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
AL MCGUIREYou gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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I’m an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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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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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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I called him over and told him about it. He told me that in the back there’s a tank they keep the lobsters in and while they’re in there, they fight and sometimes one loses a claw. I told him ‘then bring me a winner.’
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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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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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I let ballplayers yell back at me because I wasn’t trying to prove I’m boss. I know I’m boss.
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When I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
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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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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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God didn’t miss any of us.
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The world is run by C students
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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