Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
AL MCGUIREI had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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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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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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Then we allow nineteen year-old kids to face a game-deciding free throw with seventeen thousand people yelling.
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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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Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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Can’t win without talent, you know.
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On how to make the game more exciting.
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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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I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.
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