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• In 1981, at age 31, I was voted the best player in basketball, and the most valuable player in the league.

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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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• 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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• One of the commitments that I personally have now is to a diverse approach to buying businesses, and the operation of those businesses.

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• To be great we need to win games we aren’t supposed to win.

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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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• They are taking steps, but they are baby steps.

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• When the crowd appreciates you, it encourages you to be a little more daring, I think.

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• When handling the ball, I always would look for daylight, wherever there was daylight.

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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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• With the crowds on your side, it’s easier to play up to your potential.

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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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• Because of the makeup of the NBA, it cannot afford for the public to turn on them.

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

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Julius Erving (42)

Birth:	22nd February, 1950
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Basketball Player

About

Julius Winfield Erving II commonly known by the nickname Dr. J, is a retired American basketball player who helped launch a modern style of play that emphasizes leaping and play above the rim. Erving helped legitimize the American Basketball Association, and was the best-known player in that league when it merged with the National Basketball Association after the 1975–76 season.

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