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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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Help one kid at a time. He'll maybe go back and help a few more.

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

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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.

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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school. You're the best there. You've been all-city two years in a row. How bad can you be? You come with me and we'll make nice music.

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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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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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Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.

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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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I don't know why people question the academic training of an athlete. Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.

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

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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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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.

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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.

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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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Live in the moment that you are in.

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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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The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.

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