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I come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.

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
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Come
Wallet
Wallets
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York
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I'm an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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Help one kid at a time. He'll maybe go back and help a few more.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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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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Can't win without talent, you know.
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I let ballplayers yell back at me because I wasn't trying to prove I'm boss. I know I'm boss.
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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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