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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
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Don't be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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God didn't miss any of us.
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I don't discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I'm not interested in philosophy classes.
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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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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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