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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.

Al McGuire

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Al McGuire
Age: 72 †
Born: 1928
Born: September 7
Died: 2001
Died: January 26
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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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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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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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school. You're the best there. You've been all-city two years in a row. How bad can you be? You come with me and we'll make nice music.
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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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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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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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Don't be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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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 want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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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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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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If winning weren't important nobody would keep score.
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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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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Make your life exciting. Do what you have to do as long as you don't hurt people.
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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