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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.

Al McGuire

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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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Freshmen
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If winning weren't important nobody would keep score.
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The people who know basketball, their elevators don't go to the top.
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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'm losing, they call me nuts. When I'm winning, they call me eccentric.
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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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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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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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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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