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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
Basketball Coach
Basketball Player
Queens
New York
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Help one kid at a time. He'll maybe go back and help a few more.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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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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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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Can't win without talent, you know.
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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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The world is run by C students
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There's no one who's dropped on top of the mountain. You've got to work your way to the top.
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If you're straight with your players, they'll be straight with you.
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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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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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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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It's a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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You better have great practices.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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When I'm losing, they call me nuts. When I'm winning, they call me eccentric.
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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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Don't be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.
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