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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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As a kid, I played a lot of one-on-none.
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To be great we need to win games we aren't supposed to win.
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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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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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To be an innovator, you can't be worried about making mistakes.
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I keep both eyes on my man. The basket hasn't moved on me yet.
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But you know, we have a very normal family. We've had our ups and downs. You know, we've had our issues, but we've had great cause for celebration.
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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 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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When the crowd appreciates you, it encourages you to be a little more daring, I think.
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It's better to stay too long than to leave too soon.
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I wanted to undertake the challenge of daring to be great.
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I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity.
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I live my life trying to never appear to be a small man.
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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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Because of the makeup of the NBA, it cannot afford for the public to turn on them.
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You can feel the vibes, feel the people pulling for you.
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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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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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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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