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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More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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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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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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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.
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The people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
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So they should make a great effort, a Mount Everest type effort, to live up to their potential. Success is a communal type thing.
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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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” 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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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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When I’m losing, they call me nuts. When I’m winning, they call me eccentric.
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I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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If a player leaves Marquette and doesn’t have some of my blood in him, then I don’t think I’ve done a good job.
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I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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