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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
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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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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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Goals determine what you are going to be
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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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As a kid, I played a lot of one-on-none.
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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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To be an innovator, you can't be worried about making mistakes.
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I wanted to undertake the challenge of daring to be great.
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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 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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The key to success is to keep growing in all areas of life - mental, emotional, spiritual, as well as physical.
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But you know, we have a very normal family. We've had our ups and downs. You know, we've had our issues, but we've had great cause for celebration.
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They are taking steps, but they are baby steps.
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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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And I continued to grow until I was 25 years old.
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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 live my life trying to never appear to be a small man.
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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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I always try to keep a pretty conservative demeanor on the court.
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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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