I don’t believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people.
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.
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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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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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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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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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I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.
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You measure a player from the head up.
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I went into a restaurant one night and ordered lobster, and the waiter brought me one with a claw missing.
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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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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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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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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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The nicest thing about coaching is that one day you feel like you can play handball against a curb, and on other days you feel like you can fly to the moon.
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