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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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Al McGuire
Age: 72 †
Born: 1928
Born: September 7
Died: 2001
Died: January 26
Basketball Coach
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Winning is only important in war and surgery.
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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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If you're straight with your players, they'll be straight with you.
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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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It's a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.
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When I'm losing, they call me nuts. When I'm winning, they call me eccentric.
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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.
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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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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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The world is run by C students
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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Help one kid at a time. He'll maybe go back and help a few more.
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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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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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I'm an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
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Live in the moment that you are in.
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I don't think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
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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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If winning weren't important nobody would keep score.
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