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I came from a broken home, so my mom was a major influence in my life.

Julius Erving

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Julius Erving
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: February 22
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Julius Winfield Erving II
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It's better to stay too long than to leave too soon.
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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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And I continued to grow until I was 25 years old.
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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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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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I pulled the plug on it at a time that I thought was right for me to exit.
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I always try to keep a pretty conservative demeanor on the court.
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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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To be an innovator, you can't be worried about making mistakes.
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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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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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They are taking steps, but they are baby steps.
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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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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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Because of the makeup of the NBA, it cannot afford for the public to turn on them.
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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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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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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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You can feel the vibes, feel the people pulling for you.
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