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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
Straight
Basketball
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Players

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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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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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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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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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That's it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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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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A team should be an extension of a coach's personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.
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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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Help one kid at a time. He'll maybe go back and help a few more.
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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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If winning weren't important nobody would keep score.
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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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Don't be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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I don't think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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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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