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Al McGuire
Age: 72 †
Born: 1928
Born: September 7
Died: 2001
Died: January 26
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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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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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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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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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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
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When I'm losing, they call me nuts. When I'm winning, they call me eccentric.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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If you're straight with your players, they'll be straight with you.
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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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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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The people who know basketball, their elevators don't go to the top.
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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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The world is run by C students
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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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Can't win without talent, you know.
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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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I don't think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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I don't believe in looking past anybody - I wouldn't look past the Little Sisters of the Poor after they stayed up all night.
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