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You better have great practices.

Al McGuire

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Al McGuire
Age: 72 †
Born: 1928
Born: September 7
Died: 2001
Died: January 26
Basketball Coach
Basketball Player
Queens
New York
Coaching
Basketball
Practice
Better
Great
Practices

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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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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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Can't win without talent, you know.
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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, a Mount Everest type effort, to live up to their potential. Success is a communal type thing, and if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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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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God didn't miss any of us.
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That's it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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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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