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Don't call me son unless you're going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, Son.)

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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I went into a restaurant one night and ordered lobster, and the waiter brought me one with a claw missing. I called him over and told him about it. He told me that in the back there's a tank they keep the lobsters in and while they're in there, they fight and sometimes one loses a claw. I told him 'then bring me a winner.'
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I don't discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I'm not interested in philosophy classes.
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God didn't miss any of us.
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