Eliminate the referees, raise the basket four feet, double the size of the basketball, limit the height of the players to 5 feet 9 inches, bring back the centre jump, allow taxi drivers in for free and allow the players to carry guns.
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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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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You better have great practices.
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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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When I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
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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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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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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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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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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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Make your life exciting.
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” Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing.
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I’m not saying that they were Einsteins; they were marginal students. But every ballplayer whoever touched me has moved up his station in life. And the players moved up my station.
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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I just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
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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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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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On how to make the game more exciting.
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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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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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I’m an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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