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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.

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Al McGuire
Age: 72 †
Born: 1928
Born: September 7
Died: 2001
Died: January 26
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That's it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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I don't believe in looking past anybody - I wouldn't look past the Little Sisters of the Poor after they stayed up all night.
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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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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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders' skirts.
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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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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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I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.
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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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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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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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Make your life exciting. Do what you have to do as long as you don't hurt people.
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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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