Al McGuire Quotes, Fighting Quotes, Night Quotes

I went into a restaurant one night and ordered lobster, and the waiter brought me one with a claw missing. I called him over and told him about it. He told me that in the back there's a tank they keep the lobsters in and while they're in there, they fight and sometimes one loses a claw. I told him 'then bring me a winner.'

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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.

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Can't win without talent, you know.

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My rule was I wouldn't recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house. That's not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.

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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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The world is run by C students

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

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When I'm losing, they call me nuts. When I'm winning, they call me eccentric.

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

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

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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.")

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

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

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You better have great practices.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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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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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