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Can't win without talent, you know.

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
Basketball
Talent
Winning
Without

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It's a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.
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Don't be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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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 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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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 come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.
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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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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 don't discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I'm not interested in philosophy classes.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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You better have great practices.
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