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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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Head
Sports

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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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Live in the moment that you are in.
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Our guys took Shop and Advanced Shop. Shop is when you make a chair. Advanced Shop is when you paint it.
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I don't think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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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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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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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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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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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 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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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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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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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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You better have great practices.
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I come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.
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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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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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