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To be great we need to win games we aren't supposed to win.
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 keep both eyes on my man. The basket hasn't moved on me yet.
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I came from a broken home, so my mom was a major influence in my life.
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I always try to keep a pretty conservative demeanor on the court.
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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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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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One of the things in the back of my mind is that, after my sports experience, I never want to be, totally consumed by any one endeavor, other than my family life.
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Goals determine what your going to be
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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 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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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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When the crowd appreciates you, it encourages you to be a little more daring, I think.
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I pulled the plug on it at a time that I thought was right for me to exit.
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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'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 wanted to undertake the challenge of daring to be great.
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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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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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Attitude is altitude.
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To be an innovator, you can't be worried about making mistakes.
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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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