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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.
Julius Erving
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Julius Erving
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: February 22
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Basketball Player
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Manhattan borough
New York City
Doctor J
Julius Winfield Erving II
Dr. J
The Doctor
J. W. Erving
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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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I keep both eyes on my man. The basket hasn't moved on me yet.
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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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You can feel the vibes, feel the people pulling for you.
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Attitude is altitude.
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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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Because of the makeup of the NBA, it cannot afford for the public to turn on them.
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When the crowd appreciates you, it encourages you to be a little more daring, I think.
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It's better to stay too long than to leave too soon.
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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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And I continued to grow until I was 25 years old.
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To be great we need to win games we aren't supposed to win.
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I always try to keep a pretty conservative demeanor on the court.
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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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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 wanted to undertake the challenge of daring to be great.
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I came from a broken home, so my mom was a major influence in my life.
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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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When I get a chance to power jump off both legs, I can lean, twist, change directions and decide whether to dunk the ball or pass it to an open man. In other words, I may be committed to the air, but I still have some control over it.
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I live my life trying to never appear to be a small man.
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