Al McGuire Quotes - Page 2

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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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• You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders' skirts.

  Al McGuire

  Basketball, School, Catholic

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• Make your life exciting. Do what you have to do as long as you don't hurt people.

  Al McGuire

  Basketball, Hurt, Long

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

  Al McGuire

  Basketball, Dirty, Ankles

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

  Al McGuire

  Basketball, Winning, Important

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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.

  Al McGuire

  Inspirational, Funny, Basketball

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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.

  Al McGuire

  Basketball, Player, Students

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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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• When a guy takes off his coat, he's not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!

  Al McGuire

  Basketball, Fighting, Guy

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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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• 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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• We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.

  Al McGuire

  Basketball, Stars, Graves

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

  Al McGuire

  Basketball, Dean, Resorts

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

  Al McGuire

  Basketball, New York, Fall

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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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• 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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• You measure a player from the head up.

  Al McGuire

  Motivational, Sports, Player

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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.

  Al McGuire

  Basketball, Boss, Trying

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• Can't win without talent, you know.

  Al McGuire

  Basketball, Winning, Talent

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

  Al McGuire

  Thinking, Enjoy, Decent

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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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• The people who know basketball, their elevators don't go to the top.

  Al McGuire

  Basketball, People, Elevators

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

  Al McGuire

  Basketball, Player, Ifs

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