So they should make a great effort, a Mount Everest type effort, to live up to their potential. Success is a communal type thing.
AL MCGUIREYou measure a player from the head up.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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The world is run by C students
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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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A box score does not properly represent the most important thing – team play. It shows some guy scoring 27 points, but it doesn’t show that my 27-point man let his guy score 30.
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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
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You measure a player from the head up.
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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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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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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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You better have great practices.
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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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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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Most people zero in on their failures. I try to keep all my attention on a pyramid type philosophy rather than the averaging-down philosophy.
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When I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
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