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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.

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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Subordinates
Experienced
Basketball
Moved
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Control

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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 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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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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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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The key to success is to keep growing in all areas of life - mental, emotional, spiritual, as well as physical.
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I live my life trying to never appear to be a small man.
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I came from a broken home, so my mom was a major influence in my life.
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When handling the ball, I always would look for daylight, wherever there was daylight.
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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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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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Because of the makeup of the NBA, it cannot afford for the public to turn on them.
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I keep both eyes on my man. The basket hasn't moved on me yet.
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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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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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To be an innovator, you can't be worried about making mistakes.
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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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They are taking steps, but they are baby steps.
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When the crowd appreciates you, it encourages you to be a little more daring, I think.
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And I continued to grow until I was 25 years old.
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