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Quote by Al McGuire

“Make your life exciting. Do what you have to do as long as you don't hurt people.”

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Al McGuire, an American basketball coach, was born on September 7, 1928, and passed away on January 26, 2001. He is highly respected in the basketball world for his exceptional coaching skills and strategic guidance. During his coaching career, McGuire led the University of Minnesota to five NCAA championships, including two three-peat titles in 1954 and 1959. more

“Our goal as a team is to keep playing as a group for as long as we can because you will never have that team again. It is like a dying limb, you have to prune it off and let another one grow in its place. That is the way you have to do it, but it still hurts losing these guys and that team because they and you have put so much effort into building a team. Even if you win that last game (and a national championship), it hurts badly because the players know they will never have that same special group of guys together on the same team again. Somebody always goes and somebody new always comes in.”

“Winning a postseason game is like winning five regular season games. There is just no feeling like it. Everything is magnified. Every free throw, turnover, shot and play.”

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