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Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.

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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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That's it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.
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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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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.
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You better have great practices.
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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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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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When I'm losing, they call me nuts. When I'm winning, they call me eccentric.
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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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If you're straight with your players, they'll be straight with you.
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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 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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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.
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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.
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If winning weren't important nobody would keep score.
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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.
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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.
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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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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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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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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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