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And I continued to grow until I was 25 years old.
Julius Erving
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Julius Erving
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: February 22
Actor
Basketball Player
Businessman
Manhattan borough
New York City
Doctor J
Julius Winfield Erving II
Dr. J
The Doctor
J. W. Erving
Sports
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Years
Continued
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You know, just in terms of having to have a life on the road, you know, having the celebrity aspect be a burden for my family, friends and extended family.
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My role models in the business were the older guys on my team when I first got there: Gray Scott, Adrian Smith, Roland Taylor. These were the guys who took me under their wing, and really schooled me in terms of what the business was about.
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As a kid, I played a lot of one-on-none.
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Being a typical Pisces, I might have experienced mood shifts, but I don't remember any depression, or needing to do anything, or to have someone bring me out of being depressed.
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It's better to stay too long than to leave too soon.
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If you're not doing what is best for your body, you are the one who lose.
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Attitude is altitude.
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Goals determine what you are going to be
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To be an innovator, you can't be worried about making mistakes.
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If you don't do what's best for your body, you're the one who comes up on the short end.
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But you know, if you live an affluent lifestyle, there are all types of trappings that are there that you have to be cognizant of, and you've got to try and communicate freely and gain understanding about and then keep moving on, because you know, sometimes lifestyles are chosen for us as opposed to us choosing them.
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There's the typical books, Moby Dick and, I guess in my adult life I began to read biographies more than fiction. I started to want to relate to other people's lives, things that had really happened.
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I came from a broken home, so my mom was a major influence in my life.
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I grabbed 19 rebounds in my first professional game, and somehow found a way to score 20 points. I felt real good about it. I felt that this was the beginning of something good.
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I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity.
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One of the things in the back of my mind is that, after my sports experience, I never want to be, totally consumed by any one endeavor, other than my family life.
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I keep both eyes on my man. The basket hasn't moved on me yet.
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Because of the makeup of the NBA, it cannot afford for the public to turn on them.
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I've always tried to tell myself that the work itself is the thing, that win, lose, or draw, the work is really what counts.
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I liked the game, I enjoyed the game, and the game fed me enough, and gave me enough rewards to reinforce that this is something that I should spend time doing, and that I could possibly make a priority in my life, versus other sports.
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