I believe in a business boarding up early. If you make a mistake, you put the boards in the window of the store and say, "Hey, I made a mistake." Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing. I don't believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people. Most people zero in on their failures. I try to keep all my attention on a pyramid type philosophy rather than the averaging-down philosophy.
Our guys took Shop and Advanced Shop. Shop is when you make a chair. Advanced Shop is when you paint it. - Al Mcguire
Our guys took Shop and Advanced Shop. Shop is when you make a chair. Advanced Shop is when you paint it.
- Al Mcguire
There's no one who's dropped on top of the mountain. You've got to work your way to the top. - Al Mcguire
There's no one who's dropped on top of the mountain. You've got to work your way to the top.
Help one kid at a time. He'll maybe go back and help a few more. - Al Mcguire
Help one kid at a time. He'll maybe go back and help a few more.
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… - 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…
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… - Al Mcguire
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…
Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war. - Al Mcguire
Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class. - Al Mcguire
Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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. - Al Mcguire
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.
Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious. - Al Mcguire
Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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