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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
Continued
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More quotes by Julius Erving
I keep both eyes on my man. The basket hasn't moved on me yet.
Julius Erving
One of the most predictable things in life is there will be change. You are better off if you can have a say in the change. But you are ignorant or naive if you don't think there will be change, whether you want it to or not.
Julius Erving
To be an innovator, you can't be worried about making mistakes.
Julius Erving
Being a professional is doing the things you love to do, on the days you don't feel like doing them.
Julius Erving
Because of the makeup of the NBA, it cannot afford for the public to turn on them.
Julius Erving
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.
Julius Erving
If you're not doing what is best for your body, you are the one who lose.
Julius Erving
You can feel the vibes, feel the people pulling for you.
Julius Erving
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
If you've experienced having control, you don't want to be moved to a subordinate position, if you have your druthers.
Julius Erving
As a kid, I played a lot of one-on-none.
Julius Erving
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.
Julius Erving
But you know, we have a very normal family. We've had our ups and downs. You know, we've had our issues, but we've had great cause for celebration.
Julius Erving
When the crowd appreciates you, it encourages you to be a little more daring, I think.
Julius Erving
Right up until the time I retired at age 37, I felt like there were still things that I could do better.
Julius Erving
The first professional game that I ever played remains, to me, the most exciting moment of my professional career.
Julius Erving
If you don't do what's best for your body, you're the one who comes up on the short end.
Julius Erving
You know, we always tried to rationalize by saying you take the good, you take the upside, you got to deal with the downside, you've to take the downside.
Julius Erving
It's better to stay too long than to leave too soon.
Julius Erving
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.
Julius Erving
