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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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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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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven't changed. The only difference between being eccentric and being nuts is the number of security boxes you own.
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A team should be an extension of a coach's personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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I don't know why people question the academic training of an athlete. Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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If winning weren't important nobody would keep score.
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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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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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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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 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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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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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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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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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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I don't discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I'm not interested in philosophy classes.
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The nicest thing about coaching is that one day you feel like you can play handball against a curb, and on other days you feel like you can fly to the moon.
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The people who know basketball, their elevators don't go to the top.
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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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