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

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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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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I'm an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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