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They are taking steps, but they are baby steps.

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
Basketball
Baby
Taking
Steps

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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 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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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 came from a broken home, so my mom was a major influence in my life.
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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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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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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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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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It's better to stay too long than to leave too soon.
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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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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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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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I always try to keep a pretty conservative demeanor on the court.
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I keep both eyes on my man. The basket hasn't moved on me yet.
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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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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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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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