Winning is only important in war and surgery.
AL MCGUIREI tell the players that they can’t relive any day in their lives and that they can’t relive the minutes of a game.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.
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That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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There’s no one who’s dropped on top of the mountain. You’ve got to work your way to the top.
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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 discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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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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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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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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The people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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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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When I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
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