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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 be educated.

Al McGuire

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Al McGuire
Age: 72 †
Born: 1928
Born: September 7
Died: 2001
Died: January 26
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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.
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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.
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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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If you're straight with your players, they'll be straight with you.
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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The people who know basketball, their elevators don't go to the top.
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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.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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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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I come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.
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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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A team should be an extension of a coach's personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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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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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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You better have great practices.
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The world is run by C students
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