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That was just my own personal program: I didn't want to get too high over the good moments because I didn't want to be saddened and depressed when things didn't go as I had planned.
Julius Erving
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Julius Erving
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: February 22
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Manhattan borough
New York City
Doctor J
Julius Winfield Erving II
Dr. J
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J. W. Erving
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