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If you're straight with your players, they'll be straight with you.

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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Make your life exciting. Do what you have to do as long as you don't hurt people.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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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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I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.
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I don't think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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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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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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When I'm losing, they call me nuts. When I'm winning, they call me eccentric.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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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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If winning weren't important nobody would keep score.
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