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 the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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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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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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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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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That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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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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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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You better have great practices.
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Most people zero in on their failures. I try to keep all my attention on a pyramid type philosophy rather than the averaging-down philosophy.
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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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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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