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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders' skirts.

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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
Catholic
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Cheerleaders
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Skirts
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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.)
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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 don't think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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You measure a player from the head up.
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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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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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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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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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If winning weren't important nobody would keep score.
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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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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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The world is run by C students
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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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I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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Don't be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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