I called him over and told him about it. He told me that in the back there’s a tank they keep the lobsters in and while they’re in there, they fight and sometimes one loses a claw. I told him ‘then bring me a winner.’
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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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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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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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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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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Can’t win without talent, you know.
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You measure a player from the head up.
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school.
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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
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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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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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