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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.
Al McGuire
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Al McGuire
Age: 72 †
Born: 1928
Born: September 7
Died: 2001
Died: January 26
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I'm an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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Don't be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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The people who know basketball, their elevators don't go to the top.
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven't changed. The only difference between being eccentric and being nuts is the number of security boxes you own.
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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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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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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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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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A team should be an extension of a coach's personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.
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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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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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I don't know why people question the academic training of an athlete. Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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I don't discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I'm not interested in philosophy classes.
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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