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Don't be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
Al McGuire
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Al McGuire
Age: 72 †
Born: 1928
Born: September 7
Died: 2001
Died: January 26
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That's it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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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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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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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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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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Help one kid at a time. He'll maybe go back and help a few more.
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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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