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I wanted to undertake the challenge of daring to be great.

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
Challenge
Basketball
Challenges
Wanted
Great
Undertake
Daring

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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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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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I came from a broken home, so my mom was a major influence in my life.
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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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Goals determine what your 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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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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If you've experienced having control, you don't want to be moved to a subordinate position, if you have your druthers.
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Attitude is altitude.
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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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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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You can feel the vibes, feel the people pulling for you.
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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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And I continued to grow until I was 25 years old.
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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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When the crowd appreciates you, it encourages you to be a little more daring, I think.
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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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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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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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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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