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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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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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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.
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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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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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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.
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When I went to Philadelphia I was 26 years old and really sitting on top of the world. Family life, a professional career, plenty of friends and associates, and a good reputation, a wish list that could be the envy of many.
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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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Attitude is altitude.
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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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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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The first professional game that I ever played remains, to me, the most exciting moment of my professional career.
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I keep both eyes on my man. The basket hasn't moved on me yet.
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As a kid, I played a lot of one-on-none.
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Goals determine what you are going to be
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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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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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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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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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I came from a broken home, so my mom was a major influence in my life.
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When handling the ball, I always would look for daylight, wherever there was daylight.
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