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When the crowd appreciates you, it encourages you to be a little more daring, I think.
Julius Erving
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Julius Erving
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: February 22
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Basketball Player
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Manhattan borough
New York City
Doctor J
Julius Winfield Erving II
Dr. J
The Doctor
J. W. Erving
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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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It's better to stay too long than to leave too soon.
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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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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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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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And I continued to grow until I was 25 years old.
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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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When handling the ball, I always would look for daylight, wherever there was daylight.
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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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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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To be an innovator, you can't be worried about making mistakes.
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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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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.
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I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity.
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