Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
AL MCGUIREYou measure a player from the head up.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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I come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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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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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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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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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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Do what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt 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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I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated.
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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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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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