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I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.

Al McGuire

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Al McGuire
Age: 72 †
Born: 1928
Born: September 7
Died: 2001
Died: January 26
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There's no one who's dropped on top of the mountain. You've got to work your way to the top.
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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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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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Live in the moment that you are in.
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When a guy takes off his coat, he's not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!
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Make your life exciting. Do what you have to do as long as you don't hurt people.
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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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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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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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If you're straight with your players, they'll be straight with you.
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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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A team should be an extension of a coach's personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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I tell the players that they can't relive any day in their lives and that they can't relive the minutes of a game, so they should make a great effort, a Mount Everest type effort, to live up to their potential. Success is a communal type thing, and if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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Help one kid at a time. He'll maybe go back and help a few more.
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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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That's it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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