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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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The key to success is to keep growing in all areas of life - mental, emotional, spiritual, as well as physical.
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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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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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It's better to stay too long than to leave too soon.
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When handling the ball, I always would look for daylight, wherever there was daylight.
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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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As a kid, I played a lot of one-on-none.
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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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I pulled the plug on it at a time that I thought was right for me to exit.
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Goals determine what you are going to be
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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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To be an innovator, you can't be worried about making mistakes.
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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've experienced having control, you don't want to be moved to a subordinate position, if you have your druthers.
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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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I live my life trying to never appear to be a small man.
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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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I always try to keep a pretty conservative demeanor on the court.
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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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