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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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Queens
New York
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Freshmen
Sophomore
Freshman
Basketball
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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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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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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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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 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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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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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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Make your life exciting. Do what you have to do as long as you don't hurt people.
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Can't win without talent, you know.
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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Don't be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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I tell the players that they can't relive any day in their lives and that they can't relive the minutes of a game, so they should make a great effort, a Mount Everest type effort, to live up to their potential. Success is a communal type thing, and if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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If you're straight with your players, they'll be straight with you.
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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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I just can't recruit where there's grass around. You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.
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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 want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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Help one kid at a time. He'll maybe go back and help a few more.
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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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