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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
Actor
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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When the crowd appreciates you, it encourages you to be a little more daring, I think.
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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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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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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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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 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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When handling the ball, I always would look for daylight, wherever there was daylight.
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I came from a broken home, so my mom was a major influence in my life.
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It's better to stay too long than to leave too soon.
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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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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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Attitude is altitude.
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The key to success is to keep growing in all areas of life - mental, emotional, spiritual, as well as physical.
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I live my life trying to never appear to be a small man.
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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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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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When I played, the owners had the power. The prisoners are running the prison now, not the warden. The warden is strong and he has say so but, the balance of power is definitely with the players.
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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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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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