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You measure a player from the head up.
Al McGuire
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Al McGuire
Age: 72 †
Born: 1928
Born: September 7
Died: 2001
Died: January 26
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God didn't miss any of us.
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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 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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