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Attitude is altitude.

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
Altitude
Basketball
Attitude

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As a kid, I played a lot of one-on-none.
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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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To be an innovator, you can't be worried about making mistakes.
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It's better to stay too long than to leave too soon.
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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 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 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'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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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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When I went to Philadelphia I was 26 years old and really sitting on top of the world. Family life, a professional career, plenty of friends and associates, and a good reputation, a wish list that could be the envy of many.
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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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And I continued to grow until I was 25 years old.
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Goals determine what you are going to be
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I always try to keep a pretty conservative demeanor on the court.
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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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The key to success is to keep growing in all areas of life - mental, emotional, spiritual, as well as physical.
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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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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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