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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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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've experienced having control, you don't want to be moved to a subordinate position, if you have your druthers.
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I came from a broken home, so my mom was a major influence in my life.
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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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If you're not doing what is best for your body, you are the one who lose.
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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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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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I keep both eyes on my man. The basket hasn't moved on me yet.
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When handling the ball, I always would look for daylight, wherever there was daylight.
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As a kid, I played a lot of one-on-none.
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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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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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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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I always try to keep a pretty conservative demeanor on the court.
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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, 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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I pulled the plug on it at a time that I thought was right for me to exit.
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The first professional game that I ever played remains, to me, the most exciting moment of my professional career.
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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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Goals determine what you are going to be
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