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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
Help
Helping
Kids
Back
Time
Nba
Basketball
Maybe

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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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Don't be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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I'm an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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The world is run by C students
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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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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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You better have great practices.
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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I don't discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I'm not interested in philosophy classes.
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If you're straight with your players, they'll be straight with you.
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On how to make the game more exciting - Eliminate the referees, raise the basket four feet, double the size of the basketball, limit the height of the players to 5 feet 9 inches, bring back the centre jump, allow taxi drivers in for free and allow the players to carry guns.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated.
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If a player leaves Marquette and doesn't have some of my blood in him, then I don't think I've done a good job.
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I'm not saying that they were Einsteins they were marginal students. But every ballplayer whoever touched me has moved up his station in life. And the players moved up my station.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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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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