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.
AL MCGUIREI went into a restaurant one night and ordered lobster, and the waiter brought me one with a claw missing.
More Al McGuire Quotes
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I don’t think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven’t changed.
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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And if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.
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I just can’t recruit where there’s grass around.
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Eliminate the referees, raise the basket four feet, double the size of the basketball, limit the height of the players to 5 feet 9 inches, bring back the centre jump, allow taxi drivers in for free and allow the players to carry guns.
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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 I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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It’s so ridiculous to see a golfer with a one foot putt and everybody is saying “Shhh” and not moving a muscle.
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Help one kid at a time. He’ll maybe go back and help a few more.
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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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That’s not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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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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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.’
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