When a guy takes off his coat, he’s not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!
AL MCGUIREIt bothers me that the average fan, the average sportswriter for that matter, pays so much attention to what’s in a box score.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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You measure a player from the head up.
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It’s so ridiculous to see a golfer with a one foot putt and everybody is saying “Shhh” and not moving a muscle.
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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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It’s a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.
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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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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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I just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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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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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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Don’t call me son unless you’re going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, “Son.”)
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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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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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