Julius Erving
Julius Erving
Julius Winfield Erving II, commonly known by the nickname Dr. J, is an American retired basketball player who helped popularize a modern style of play that emphasizes leaping and playing above the rim. Erving helped legitimize the American Basketball Associationand was the best-known player in that league when it merged with the National Basketball Associationafter the 1975–76 season...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth22 February 1950
CityRoosevelt, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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.
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.
As a kid, I played a lot of one-on-none.
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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.
If you're not doing what is best for your body, you are the one who lose.
The biggest thing that I felt basketball could do for me was help me get a good education.
Goals determine what your going to be
The first professional game that I ever played remains, to me, the most exciting moment of my professional career.
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.
One of the commitments that I personally have now is to a diverse approach to buying businesses, and the operation of those businesses.
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.
Every team that I've played on, I've either been the captain or co-captain.
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.