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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
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Queens
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Recruiting
Enjoys
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Humans

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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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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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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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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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I tell the players that they can't relive any day in their lives and that they can't relive the minutes of a game, so they should make a great effort, a Mount Everest type effort, to live up to their potential. Success is a communal type thing, and if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.
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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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I don't discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I'm not interested in philosophy classes.
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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders' skirts.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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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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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 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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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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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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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'm an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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