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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
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Queens
New York
Elevators
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I don't discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I'm not interested in philosophy classes.
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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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Live in the moment that you are in.
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God didn't miss any of us.
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You better have great practices.
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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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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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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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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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Don't be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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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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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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I'm an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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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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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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When I'm losing, they call me nuts. When I'm winning, they call me eccentric.
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