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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
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New York
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When I'm losing, they call me nuts. When I'm winning, they call me eccentric.
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If you're straight with your players, they'll be straight with you.
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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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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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I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated.
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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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If winning weren't important nobody would keep score.
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I don't discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I'm not interested in philosophy classes.
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There's no one who's dropped on top of the mountain. You've got to work your way to the top.
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven't changed. The only difference between being eccentric and being nuts is the number of security boxes you own.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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I just can't recruit where there's grass around. You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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