Al McGuire

Al McGuire
Alfred Emanuel McGuirewas the head coach of the Marquette University men's basketball team from 1964 to 1977. He won a national championship at Marquette and was later inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992. He was also well known as a longtime national television basketball broadcaster and for his colorful personality...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth7 September 1928
CountryUnited States of America
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If you're straight with your players, they'll be straight with you.
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You measure a player from the head up.
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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.
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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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I think the world is run by 'C' students.
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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I don't think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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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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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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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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Can't win without talent, you know.
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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.