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Winning is only important in war and surgery.

Al McGuire

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Al McGuire
Age: 72 †
Born: 1928
Born: September 7
Died: 2001
Died: January 26
Basketball Coach
Basketball Player
Queens
New York
War
Important
Surgery
Basketball
Winning

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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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Help one kid at a time. He'll maybe go back and help a few more.
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God didn't miss any of us.
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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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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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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I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.
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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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