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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.

Al McGuire

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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
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If you're straight with your players, they'll be straight with you.
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That's it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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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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Help one kid at a time. He'll maybe go back and help a few more.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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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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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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