Julius Erving Quotes
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To be great we need to win games we aren't supposed to win.
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And from the first time I picked up a basketball at age eight - I had a lot of difficulty when I first picked up…
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I wanted to undertake the challenge of daring to be great.
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Attitude is altitude.
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I always try to keep a pretty conservative demeanor on the court.
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I am very proud to be featured, especially when you consider the outstanding champions who have had this honor. It is great company to be…
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I demand more from myself than anybody could ever expect.
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It's better to stay too long than to leave too soon.
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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…
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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…
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I think I was chosen by basketball, although I never really physically got drafted to any team that I played for.
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When the crowd appreciates you, it encourages you to be a little more daring, I think.
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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 think that my God-given physical attributes, big hands, and big feet, the way that I'm built, proportion-wise, just made basketball the most inviting sport…
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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 didn't want to become a reserve player, or a bench player, and it was time to move on and take on another challenge.
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I started playing professional basketball in 1971, and I played professionally for five seasons before going to Philadelphia.
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If you get depressed about being the second-best team in the world, then you've got a problem.
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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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Many people think sports are totally physical, that you don't have to think, everything is done for you and you're catered to, I found that…
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