I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.
AL MCGUIREDo what you have to do as long as you don’t hurt people.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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I don’t know why people question the academic training of an athlete.
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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated.
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I went into a restaurant one night and ordered lobster, and the waiter brought me one with a claw missing.
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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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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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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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You’re the best there. You’ve been all-city two years in a row. How bad can you be? You come with me and we’ll make nice music.
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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 tell the players that they can’t relive any day in their lives and that they can’t relive the minutes of a game.
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