Al McGuire Quotes, Basketball Quotes, Winning Quotes

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

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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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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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You measure a player from the head up.

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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.

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Help one kid at a time. He'll maybe go back and help a few more.

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It bothers me that the average fan, the average sportswriter for that matter, pays so much attention to what's in a box score. 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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If winning weren't important nobody would keep score.

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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.

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

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

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

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

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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school. 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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I'm an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.

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Can't win without talent, you know.

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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.

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The world is run by C 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.

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