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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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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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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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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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If you're straight with your players, they'll be straight with you.
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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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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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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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I don't believe in looking past anybody - I wouldn't look past the Little Sisters of the Poor after they stayed up all night.
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It's so ridiculous to see a golfer with a one foot putt and everybody is saying Shhh and not moving a muscle. Then we allow nineteen year-old kids to face a game-deciding free throw with seventeen thousand people yelling.
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God didn't miss any of us.
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I'm an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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I don't discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I'm not interested in philosophy classes.
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I just can't recruit where there's grass around. You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.
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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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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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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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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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