I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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 don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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It bothers me that the average fan, the average sportswriter for that matter, pays so much attention to what’s in a box score.
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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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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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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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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 don’t believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people.
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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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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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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On how to make the game more exciting.
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