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I'm an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.

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
Sense
Oxford
Einstein
Scholar
Basketball
Streets
Common

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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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That's it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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You measure a player from the head up.
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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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It's a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.
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I don't think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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If you're straight with your players, they'll be straight with you.
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I let ballplayers yell back at me because I wasn't trying to prove I'm boss. I know I'm boss.
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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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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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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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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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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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Help one kid at a time. He'll maybe go back and help a few more.
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The people who know basketball, their elevators don't go to the top.
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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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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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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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