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The people who know basketball, their elevators don't go to the top.

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Al McGuire
Age: 72 †
Born: 1928
Born: September 7
Died: 2001
Died: January 26
Basketball Coach
Basketball Player
Queens
New York
People
Elevators
Basketball

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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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