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That's it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.

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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
Treetops
Balloons
Curtains
Races
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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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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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It bothers me that the average fan, the average sportswriter for that matter, pays so much attention to what's in a box score. A box score does not properly represent the most important thing - team play. It shows some guy scoring 27 points, but it doesn't show that my 27-point man let his guy score 30.
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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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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When I'm losing, they call me nuts. When I'm winning, they call me eccentric.
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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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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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I went into a restaurant one night and ordered lobster, and the waiter brought me one with a claw missing. I called him over and told him about it. He told me that in the back there's a tank they keep the lobsters in and while they're in there, they fight and sometimes one loses a claw. I told him 'then bring me a winner.'
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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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God didn't miss any of us.
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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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It's so ridiculous to see a golfer with a one foot putt and everybody is saying Shhh and not moving a muscle. Then we allow nineteen year-old kids to face a game-deciding free throw with seventeen thousand people yelling.
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There's no one who's dropped on top of the mountain. You've got to work your way to the top.
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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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Help one kid at a time. He'll maybe go back and help a few more.
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I don't think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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