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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.

Al McGuire

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Al McGuire
Age: 72 †
Born: 1928
Born: September 7
Died: 2001
Died: January 26
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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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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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Don't be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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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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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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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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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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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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It's a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.
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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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I don't discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I'm not interested in philosophy classes.
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