Al McGuire Quotes - Page 2

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• I don't know why people question the academic training of an athlete. Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.

  Al McGuire

  Sports, Country, Silly

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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.

  Al McGuire

  Basketball, Moon, Play

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• If winning weren't important nobody would keep score.

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  Basketball, Winning, Important

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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.

  Al McGuire

  Basketball, Jobs, Player

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• On how to make the game more exciting - 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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  Inspirational, Funny, Basketball

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• They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven't changed. The only difference between being eccentric and being nuts is the number of security boxes you own.

  Al McGuire

  Money, Nuts, Differences

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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.

  Al McGuire

  Basketball, Believe, Past

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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.")

  Al McGuire

  Basketball, Son, Call Me

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• I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.

  Al McGuire

  Basketball, Life Is, Moments

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• Don't be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.

  Al McGuire

  Basketball, Guy, Other Guys

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• I come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.

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  Basketball, New York, Fall

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• If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.

  Al McGuire

  Basketball, Dirty, Ankles

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• The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.

  Al McGuire

  Basketball, Beautiful, Next

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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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  Basketball, Boss, Trying

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• You measure a player from the head up.

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  Motivational, Sports, Player

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• Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.

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  Basketball, Dean, Resorts

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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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  Basketball, Fighting, Guy

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• It's a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.

  Al McGuire

  Basketball, Profession

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• That's it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.

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  Race, Balloons, Curtains

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• When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.

  Al McGuire

  Basketball, Winning, Nuts

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• I'm an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.

  Al McGuire

  Basketball, Oxford, Common Sense

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• Can't win without talent, you know.

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  Basketball, Winning, Talent

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• I don't think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.

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  Thinking, Enjoy, Decent

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• If you're straight with your players, they'll be straight with you.

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  Basketball, Player, Ifs

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• God didn't miss any of us.

  Al McGuire

  Basketball, Missing

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