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I don't think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.

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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Recruiting
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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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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Make your life exciting. Do what you have to do as long as you don't hurt people.
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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'm an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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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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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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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders' skirts.
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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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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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