Julius Erving Quotes - Page 2

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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

  Basketball, Nba, Games

  "The Wondrous Dr. J". The Academy of Achievement Interview in Las Vegas, Nevada, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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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

  Book, People, Typical

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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.

  Julius Erving

  Basketball, Years, Careers

  "The Wondrous Dr. J". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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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.

  Julius Erving

  Basketball, Want, Moments

  "The Wondrous Dr. J". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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• My mom is one of 14 children. She's a great lady. She's a Taurus. Has been a profound influence in my life, still is to this day. Born in meager surroundings in rural South Carolina.

  Julius Erving

  Basketball, Mom, Children

  The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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• So much of becoming a good athlete involves bringing other things to the table, other than physical skills. It involves intelligence, it involves many of the things that you learn during the process of being educated. How to analyze, how to assess, how to equate, how to reason.

  Julius Erving

  Basketball, Athlete, Skills

  The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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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

  Basketball, Teacher, Effort

  "The Wondrous Dr. J". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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

  Julius Erving

  Basketball, Your Side, Play

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• I came from a broken home, so my mom was a major influence in my life.

  Julius Erving

  Basketball, Mom, Home

  The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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

  Julius Erving

  Basketball, Baby, Steps

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• Goals determine what your going to be

  Julius Erving

  Goal, Determine

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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.

  Julius Erving

  Basketball, Want, Position

  The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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

  Julius Erving

  Basketball, Thinking, Appreciate

  The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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

  Julius Erving

  Kids

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• The first professional game that I ever played remains, to me, the most exciting moment of my professional career.

  Julius Erving

  Basketball, Games, Careers

  The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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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.

  Julius Erving

  Winning, Track, Draws

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• I always try to keep a pretty conservative demeanor on the court.

  Julius Erving

  Basketball, Trying, Conservative

  The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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• And I continued to grow until I was 25 years old.

  Julius Erving

  Basketball, Sports, Years

  "The Wondrous Dr. J". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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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 to be so far removed from the truth that it's almost a joke. The ones who become stars are the ones who have a head on their shoulders and know how to use it.

  Julius Erving

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

  "The Wondrous Dr. J". The Academy of Achievement, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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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 in.

  Julius Erving

  Basketball, Champion, Honor

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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 a basketball, because I was a scrub - there were things that I liked about it.

  Julius Erving

  Inspirational, Basketball, Eight

  The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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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.

  Julius Erving

  Basketball, Real, Games

  The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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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.

  Julius Erving

  Running, Strong, Player

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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.

  Julius Erving

  Basketball, Team, Wings

  Academy of Achievement interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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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

  Basketball, Sports, Mind

  "The Wondrous Dr. J". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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