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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
Basketball
Challenges
Wanted
Great
Undertake
Daring
Challenge

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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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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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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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When handling the ball, I always would look for daylight, wherever there was daylight.
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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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They are taking steps, but they are baby steps.
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If you don't do what's best for your body, you're the one who comes up on the short end.
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I keep both eyes on my man. The basket hasn't moved on me yet.
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Goals determine what your going to be
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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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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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I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity.
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If you're not doing what is best for your body, you are the one who lose.
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To be an innovator, you can't be worried about making mistakes.
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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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When the crowd appreciates you, it encourages you to be a little more daring, I think.
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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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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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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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