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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 came from a broken home, so my mom was a major influence in my life.
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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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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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As a kid, I played a lot of one-on-none.
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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'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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I keep both eyes on my man. The basket hasn't moved on me yet.
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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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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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