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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More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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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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It’s a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.
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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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I don’t believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people.
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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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The people who know basketball, their elevators don’t go to the top.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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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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That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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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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Our guys took Shop and Advanced Shop. Shop is when you make a chair. Advanced Shop is when you paint it.
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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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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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The world is run by C students
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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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Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their 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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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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When a guy takes off his coat, he’s not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!
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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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Live in the moment that you are in.
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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That’s it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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Make your life exciting.
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