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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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World

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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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God didn't miss any of us.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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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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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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I don't know why people question the academic training of an athlete. Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
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When I'm losing, they call me nuts. When I'm winning, they call me eccentric.
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You better have great practices.
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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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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 next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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That's it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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Help one kid at a time. He'll maybe go back and help a few more.
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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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I let ballplayers yell back at me because I wasn't trying to prove I'm boss. I know I'm boss.
Al McGuire