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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.

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
New York
Surly
Obnoxious
Arrogant
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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.
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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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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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Can't win without talent, you know.
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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 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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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.
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The nicest thing about coaching is that one day you feel like you can play handball against a curb, and on other days you feel like you can fly to the moon.
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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
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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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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.
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I don't discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I'm not interested in philosophy classes.
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I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated.
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That's it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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If winning weren't important nobody would keep score.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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My rule was I wouldn't recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house. That's not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.
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The people who know basketball, their elevators don't go to the top.
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