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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
Basketball Player
Queens
New York
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Players
Straight
Basketball

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That's it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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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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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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There's no one who's dropped on top of the mountain. You've got to work your way to the top.
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