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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
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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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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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I come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.
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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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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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You measure a player from the head up.
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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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I don't know why people question the academic training of an athlete. Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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Don't be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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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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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 had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.
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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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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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A team should be an extension of a coach's personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.
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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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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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Help one kid at a time. He'll maybe go back and help a few more.
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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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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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