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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.

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Al McGuire
Age: 72 †
Born: 1928
Born: September 7
Died: 2001
Died: January 26
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If winning weren't important nobody would keep score.
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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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It bothers me that the average fan, the average sportswriter for that matter, pays so much attention to what's in a box score. A box score does not properly represent the most important thing - team play. It shows some guy scoring 27 points, but it doesn't show that my 27-point man let his guy score 30.
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Our guys took Shop and Advanced Shop. Shop is when you make a chair. Advanced Shop is when you paint it.
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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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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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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 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 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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A team should be an extension of a coach's personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.
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The world is run by C students
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven't changed. The only difference between being eccentric and being nuts is the number of security boxes you own.
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Help one kid at a time. He'll maybe go back and help a few more.
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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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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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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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 think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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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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