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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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Al McGuire
Age: 72 †
Born: 1928
Born: September 7
Died: 2001
Died: January 26
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I went into a restaurant one night and ordered lobster, and the waiter brought me one with a claw missing. I called him over and told him about it. He told me that in the back there's a tank they keep the lobsters in and while they're in there, they fight and sometimes one loses a claw. I told him 'then bring me a winner.'
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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school. You're the best there. You've been all-city two years in a row. How bad can you be? You come with me and we'll make nice music.
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I tell the players that they can't relive any day in their lives and that they can't relive the minutes of a game, so they should make a great effort, a Mount Everest type effort, to live up to their potential. Success is a communal type thing, and if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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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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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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I don't think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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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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It's a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.
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I don't discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I'm not interested in philosophy classes.
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You measure a player from the head up.
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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 the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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The people who know basketball, their elevators don't go to the top.
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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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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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