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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.

Al McGuire

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Al McGuire
Age: 72 †
Born: 1928
Born: September 7
Died: 2001
Died: January 26
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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The nicest thing about coaching is that one day you feel like you can play handball against a curb, and on other days you feel like you can fly to the moon.
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There's no one who's dropped on top of the mountain. You've got to work your way to the top.
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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.
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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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You better have great practices.
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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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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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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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You measure a player from the head up.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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It's so ridiculous to see a golfer with a one foot putt and everybody is saying Shhh and not moving a muscle. Then we allow nineteen year-old kids to face a game-deciding free throw with seventeen thousand people yelling.
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The world is run by C students
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When I'm losing, they call me nuts. When I'm winning, they call me eccentric.
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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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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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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 had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.
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