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I'm not saying that they were Einsteins they were marginal students. But every ballplayer whoever touched me has moved up his station in life. And the players moved up my station.

Al McGuire

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Al McGuire
Age: 72 †
Born: 1928
Born: September 7
Died: 2001
Died: January 26
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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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Live every day as if it were Saturday 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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I don't think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school. You're the best there. You've been all-city two years in a row. How bad can you be? You come with me and we'll make nice music.
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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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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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God didn't miss any of us.
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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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Can't win without talent, you know.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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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'm an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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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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A team should be an extension of a coach's personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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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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Help one kid at a time. He'll maybe go back and help a few more.
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The people who know basketball, their elevators don't go to the top.
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