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Live in the moment that you are in.

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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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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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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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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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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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders' skirts.
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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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The people who know basketball, their elevators don't go to the top.
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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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God didn't miss any of us.
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I don't discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I'm not interested in philosophy classes.
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Help one kid at a time. He'll maybe go back and help a few more.
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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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You measure a player from the head up.
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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 only important in war and surgery.
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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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