Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
AL MCGUIREThe next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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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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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If winning weren’t important nobody would keep score.
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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 want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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I just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
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If you’re straight with your players, they’ll be straight with you.
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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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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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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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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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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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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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My rule was I wouldn’t recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house.
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The world is run by C students
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