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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
Wanted
Great
Undertake
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Basketball
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More quotes by Julius Erving
To be great we need to win games we aren't supposed to win.
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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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If you're not doing what is best for your body, you are the one who lose.
Julius Erving
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.
Julius Erving
When the crowd appreciates you, it encourages you to be a little more daring, I think.
Julius Erving
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.
Julius Erving
Being a professional is doing the things you love to do, on the days you don't feel like doing them.
Julius Erving
The first professional game that I ever played remains, to me, the most exciting moment of my professional career.
Julius Erving
The key to success is to keep growing in all areas of life - mental, emotional, spiritual, as well as physical.
Julius Erving
I always try to keep a pretty conservative demeanor on the court.
Julius Erving
It's better to stay too long than to leave too soon.
Julius Erving
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.
Julius Erving
They are taking steps, but they are baby steps.
Julius Erving
Attitude is altitude.
Julius Erving
And I continued to grow until I was 25 years old.
Julius Erving
If you don't do what's best for your body, you're the one who comes up on the short end.
Julius Erving
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.
Julius Erving
As a kid, I played a lot of one-on-none.
Julius Erving
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.
Julius Erving
Because of the makeup of the NBA, it cannot afford for the public to turn on them.
Julius Erving
