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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
Actor
Basketball Player
Businessman
Manhattan borough
New York City
Doctor J
Julius Winfield Erving II
Dr. J
The Doctor
J. W. Erving
Basketball
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Sports
Winning
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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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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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