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I always try to keep a pretty conservative demeanor on the court.
Julius Erving
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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.
Julius Erving
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If you do things with a certain type of result and cause a certain type of reaction or effect, then you increase your market value. It's very much a competition for the entertainment dollar, and that's never been more clearly evident than in today's NBA game.
Julius Erving
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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.
Julius Erving
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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.
Julius Erving
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I pulled the plug on it at a time that I thought was right for me to exit.
Julius Erving
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I keep both eyes on my man. The basket hasn't moved on me yet.
Julius Erving
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If you get depressed about being the second-best team in the world, then you've got a problem.
Julius Erving
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To be great we need to win games we aren't supposed to win.
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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.
Julius Erving
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If you don't do what's best for your body, you're the one who comes up on the short end.
Julius Erving
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When handling the ball, I always would look for daylight, wherever there was daylight.
Julius Erving
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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.
Julius Erving
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Every team that I've played on, I've either been the captain or co-captain.
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