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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.

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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
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Basketball
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Affairs

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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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Make your life exciting. Do what you have to do as long as you don't hurt people.
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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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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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Our guys took Shop and Advanced Shop. Shop is when you make a chair. Advanced Shop is when you paint it.
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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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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A team should be an extension of a coach's personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.
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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 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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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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Don't be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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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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I don't think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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If you're straight with your players, they'll be straight with you.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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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 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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You better have great practices.
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