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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
Nba
Basketball
Maybe
Help
Helping
Kids
Back
Time

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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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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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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders' skirts.
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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 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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If winning weren't important nobody would keep score.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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My rule was I wouldn't recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house. That's not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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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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God didn't miss any of us.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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Can't win without talent, you know.
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