Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
AL MCGUIREI come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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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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God didn’t miss any of us.
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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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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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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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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 worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people.
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I just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
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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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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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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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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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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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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders’ skirts.
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