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If winning weren't important nobody would keep score.

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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Queens
New York
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Winning
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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