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God didn't miss any of us.

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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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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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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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 want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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Don't be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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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 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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I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.
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My rule was I wouldn't recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house. That's not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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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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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 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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Live in the moment that you are in.
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When I'm losing, they call me nuts. When I'm winning, they call me eccentric.
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If winning weren't important nobody would keep score.
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If you're straight with your players, they'll be straight with you.
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The world is run by C students
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