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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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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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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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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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The people who know basketball, their elevators don't go to the top.
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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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Can't win without talent, you know.
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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 world is run by C students
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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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The nicest thing about coaching is that one day you feel like you can play handball against a curb, and on other days you feel like you can fly to the moon.
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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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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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Live in the moment that you are in.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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I don't discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I'm not interested in philosophy classes.
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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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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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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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