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When the crowd appreciates you, it encourages you to be a little more daring, I think. (Julius Erving)
I came from a broken home, so my mom was a major influence in my life. View quote
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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. View quote
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Goals determine what you're going to be. View quote
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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. View quote
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With the crowds on your side, it's easier to play up to your potential. View quote
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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. View quote
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I pulled the plug on it at a time that I thought was right for me to exit. View quote
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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. View quote
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If you get depressed about being the second-best team in the world, then you've got a problem. View quote
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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)
They are taking steps, but they are baby steps. View quote
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As a kid, I played a lot of one-on-none. View quote
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Because of the makeup of the NBA, it cannot afford for the public to turn on them. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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But you know, if you live an affluent lifestyle, there are all types of trappings that are there that you have to be cognizant of, and you've got to try and communicate freely and gain understanding about and then keep moving on, because you know, sometimes lifestyles are chosen for us as opposed to us choosing them. View quote
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At age 31, in 1981, I was voted the best player in basketball, and the most valuable player in the league. View quote
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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. View quote
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Every team that I've played on, I've either been the captain or co-captain. (Julius Erving)