Al McGuire Quotes, Leadership Quotes, Sports Quotes

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." Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing. I don't believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people. Most people zero in on their failures. I try to keep all my attention on a pyramid type philosophy rather than the averaging-down philosophy.

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

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

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You measure a player from the head up.

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You better have great practices.

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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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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.

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

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Can't win without talent, you know.

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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.

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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.

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

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

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Live in the moment that you are in.

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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.

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I don't discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I'm not interested in philosophy classes.

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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.

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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.

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