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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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If you're straight with your players, they'll be straight with you.
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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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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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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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Live in the moment that you are in.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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You measure a player from the head up.
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That's it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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I don't think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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Can't win without talent, you know.
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If winning weren't important nobody would keep score.
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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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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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I'm an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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You better have great practices.
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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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I come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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The world is run by C students
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