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It's better to stay too long than to leave too soon.
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
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Basketball
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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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When the crowd appreciates you, it encourages you to be a little more daring, I think.
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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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When handling the ball, I always would look for daylight, wherever there was daylight.
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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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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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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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And I continued to grow until I was 25 years old.
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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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I came from a broken home, so my mom was a major influence in my life.
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I keep both eyes on my man. The basket hasn't moved on me yet.
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My role models in the business were the older guys on my team when I first got there: Gray Scott, Adrian Smith, Roland Taylor. These were the guys who took me under their wing, and really schooled me in terms of what the business was about.
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To be great we need to win games we aren't supposed to win.
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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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Because of the makeup of the NBA, it cannot afford for the public to turn on them.
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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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Goals determine what your going to be
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As a kid, I played a lot of one-on-none.
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