I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
AL MCGUIREGod didn’t miss any of us.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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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 can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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The world is run by C students
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That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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On how to make the game more exciting.
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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 want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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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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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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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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