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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
Dean
Basketball
Mass
Seaside
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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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If winning weren't important nobody would keep score.
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You measure a player from the head up.
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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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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 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.
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I'm an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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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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Can't win without talent, you know.
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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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I don't discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I'm not interested in philosophy classes.
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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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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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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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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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