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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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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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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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Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
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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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Can't win without talent, you know.
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A team should be an extension of a coach's personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.
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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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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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The people who know basketball, their elevators don't go to the top.
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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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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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The nicest thing about coaching is that one day you feel like you can play handball against a curb, and on other days you feel like you can fly to the moon.
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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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That's it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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The world is run by C students
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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God didn't miss any of us.
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