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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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It's better to stay too long than to leave too soon.
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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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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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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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They are taking steps, but they are baby steps.
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You can feel the vibes, feel the people pulling for you.
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Goals determine what you are going to be
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I keep both eyes on my man. The basket hasn't moved on me yet.
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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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I pulled the plug on it at a time that I thought was right for me to exit.
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One of the most predictable things in life is there will be change. You are better off if you can have a say in the change. But you are ignorant or naive if you don't think there will be change, whether you want it to or not.
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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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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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Because of the makeup of the NBA, it cannot afford for the public to turn on them.
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