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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.
Al McGuire
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Al McGuire
Age: 72 †
Born: 1928
Born: September 7
Died: 2001
Died: January 26
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More quotes by Al McGuire
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.
Al McGuire
I tell the players that they can't relive any day in their lives and that they can't relive the minutes of a game, so they should make a great effort, a Mount Everest type effort, to live up to their potential. Success is a communal type thing, and if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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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.
Al McGuire
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
You measure a player from the head up.
Al McGuire
Don't call me son unless you're going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, Son.)
Al McGuire
If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
Al McGuire
Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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Don't be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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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
All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
Al McGuire
If you're straight with your players, they'll be straight with you.
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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
I come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.
Al McGuire
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
The world is run by C students
Al McGuire
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
Help one kid at a time. He'll maybe go back and help a few more.
Al McGuire
