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As a kid, I played a lot of one-on-none.

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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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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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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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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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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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When the crowd appreciates you, it encourages you to be a little more daring, I think.
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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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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 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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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 live my life trying to never appear to be a small man.
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To be great we need to win games we aren't supposed to win.
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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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They are taking steps, but they are baby steps.
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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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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 firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity.
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