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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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And I continued to grow until I was 25 years old.
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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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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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Attitude is altitude.
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When handling the ball, I always would look for daylight, wherever there was daylight.
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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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To be an innovator, you can't be worried about making mistakes.
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I came from a broken home, so my mom was a major influence in my life.
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You can feel the vibes, feel the people pulling for you.
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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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When the crowd appreciates you, it encourages you to be a little more daring, I think.
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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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The key to success is to keep growing in all areas of life - mental, emotional, spiritual, as well as physical.
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As a kid, I played a lot of one-on-none.
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I keep both eyes on my man. The basket hasn't moved on me yet.
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I wanted to undertake the challenge of daring to be great.
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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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I live my life trying to never appear to be a small man.
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I always try to keep a pretty conservative demeanor on the court.
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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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