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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
Innovator
Innovators
Worried
Mistakes
Mistake
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Attitude is altitude.
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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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The first professional game that I ever played remains, to me, the most exciting moment of my professional career.
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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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I wanted to undertake the challenge of daring to be great.
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You know, we always tried to rationalize by saying you take the good, you take the upside, you got to deal with the downside, you've to take the downside.
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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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When handling the ball, I always would look for daylight, wherever there was daylight.
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Goals determine what your going to be
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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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And I continued to grow until I was 25 years old.
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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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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'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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I pulled the plug on it at a time that I thought was right for me to exit.
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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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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 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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