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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
Basketball Coach
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Queens
New York
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Another
Going
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Street

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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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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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That's it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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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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When I'm losing, they call me nuts. When I'm winning, they call me eccentric.
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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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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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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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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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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The people who know basketball, their elevators don't go to the top.
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God didn't miss any of us.
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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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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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I don't discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I'm not interested in philosophy classes.
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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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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It's a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.
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