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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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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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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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I just can't recruit where there's grass around. You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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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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