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A team should be an extension of a coach's personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.

Al McGuire

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Al McGuire
Age: 72 †
Born: 1928
Born: September 7
Died: 2001
Died: January 26
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New York
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Help one kid at a time. He'll maybe go back and help a few more.
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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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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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I come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.
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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 believe in looking past anybody - I wouldn't look past the Little Sisters of the Poor after they stayed up all night.
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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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That's it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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Don't be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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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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I don't think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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