Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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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.

Al Mcguire's Popular Quotes

Our guys took Shop and Advanced Shop. Shop is when you make a chair. Advanced Shop is when you paint it.

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There's no one who's dropped on top of the mountain. You've got to work your way to the top.

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

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

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

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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…

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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…

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

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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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