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Because of the makeup of the NBA, it cannot afford for the public to turn on them.
Julius Erving
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Julius Erving
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: February 22
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Basketball Player
Businessman
Manhattan borough
New York City
Doctor J
Julius Winfield Erving II
Dr. J
The Doctor
J. W. Erving
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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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To be great we need to win games we aren't supposed to win.
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Teachers are sort of faced with a thankless task, because no matter how good they are, unless they find a way to personally rationalize the rewards of their effort, nobody else is really going to do it for them en masse.
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The first professional game that I ever played remains, to me, the most exciting moment of my professional career.
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You can feel the vibes, feel the people pulling for you.
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Goals determine what you are going to be
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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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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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If you're not doing what is best for your body, you are the one who lose.
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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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They are taking steps, but they are baby steps.
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And I continued to grow until I was 25 years old.
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Being a professional is doing the things you love to do, on the days you don't feel like doing them.
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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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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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If you've experienced having control, you don't want to be moved to a subordinate position, if you have your druthers.
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I live my life trying to never appear to be a small man.
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Right up until the time I retired at age 37, I felt like there were still things that I could do better.
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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.
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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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