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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
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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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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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As a kid, I played a lot of one-on-none.
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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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To be great we need to win games we aren't supposed to win.
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You can feel the vibes, feel the people pulling for you.
Julius Erving
Right up until the time I retired at age 37, I felt like there were still things that I could do better.
Julius Erving
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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Being a professional is doing the things you love to do, on the days you don't feel like doing them.
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Goals determine what your going to be
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Goals determine what you are going to be
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When handling the ball, I always would look for daylight, wherever there was daylight.
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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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When I played, the owners had the power. The prisoners are running the prison now, not the warden. The warden is strong and he has say so but, the balance of power is definitely with the players.
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It's better to stay too long than to leave too soon.
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I keep both eyes on my man. The basket hasn't moved on me yet.
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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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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 always try to keep a pretty conservative demeanor on the court.
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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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