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To be an innovator, you can't be worried about making mistakes.

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
Mistake
Making
Innovator
Innovators
Worried
Mistakes

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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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The first professional game that I ever played remains, to me, the most exciting moment of my professional career.
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It's better to stay too long than to leave too soon.
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Goals determine what you are going to be
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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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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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You can feel the vibes, feel the people pulling for you.
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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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I always try to keep a pretty conservative demeanor on the court.
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When the crowd appreciates you, it encourages you to be a little more daring, I think.
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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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Being a typical Pisces, I might have experienced mood shifts, but I don't remember any depression, or needing to do anything, or to have someone bring me out of being depressed.
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I live my life trying to never appear to be a small man.
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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 firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity.
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