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When I'm losing, they call me nuts. When I'm winning, they call me eccentric.

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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Eccentric
Nuts
Basketball
Losing
Winning

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Help one kid at a time. He'll maybe go back and help a few more.
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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's a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.
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That's it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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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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I went into a restaurant one night and ordered lobster, and the waiter brought me one with a claw missing. I called him over and told him about it. He told me that in the back there's a tank they keep the lobsters in and while they're in there, they fight and sometimes one loses a claw. I told him 'then bring me a winner.'
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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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 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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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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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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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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A team should be an extension of a coach's personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.
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