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Help one kid at a time. He'll maybe go back and help a few more.

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
Maybe
Help
Helping
Kids
Back
Time
Nba
Basketball

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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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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 want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school. You're the best there. You've been all-city two years in a row. How bad can you be? You come with me and we'll make nice music.
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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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I'm an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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If winning weren't important nobody would keep score.
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You measure a player from the head up.
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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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You better have great practices.
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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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If you're straight with your players, they'll be straight with you.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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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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A team should be an extension of a coach's personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.
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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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