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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.

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
Saturday
Basketball
Night
Live
Every

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I'm an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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Can't win without talent, you know.
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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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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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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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I'm not saying that they were Einsteins they were marginal students. But every ballplayer whoever touched me has moved up his station in life. And the players moved up my station.
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated.
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There's no one who's dropped on top of the mountain. You've got to work your way to the top.
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If you're straight with your players, they'll be straight with you.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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I don't discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I'm not interested in philosophy classes.
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