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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
Basketball Coach
Basketball Player
Queens
New York
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Obnoxious
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Arrogant
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Coaches
Basketball

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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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If a player leaves Marquette and doesn't have some of my blood in him, then I don't think I've done a good job.
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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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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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I don't think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.
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It's a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.
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Can't win without talent, you know.
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I tell the players that they can't relive any day in their lives and that they can't relive the minutes of a game, so they should make a great effort, a Mount Everest type effort, to live up to their potential. Success is a communal type thing, and if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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If you're straight with your players, they'll be straight with you.
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When I'm losing, they call me nuts. When I'm winning, they call me eccentric.
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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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