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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
Basketball Coach
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Forget
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Basketball

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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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I don't discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I'm not interested in philosophy classes.
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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 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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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders' skirts.
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I don't think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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I just can't recruit where there's grass around. You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.
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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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When I'm losing, they call me nuts. When I'm winning, they call me eccentric.
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Don't call me son unless you're going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, Son.)
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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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If you're straight with your players, they'll be straight with you.
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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