If you don't do what's best for your body, you're the one who comes up on the short end.

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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 for me to play."

- Julius Erving

Belief in Self

"Goals determine what you’re going to be"

- Julius Erving

Aspirations

"If you don’t do what’s best for your body, you’re the one who comes up on the short end."

- Julius Erving

Health

"Being a professional is doing the things you love to do, on the days you don’t feel like doing them."

- Julius Erving

Determination

"The biggest thing that I felt basketball could do for me was help me get a good education."

- Julius Erving

Education

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"Nature has given us all the pieces required to achieve exceptional wellness and health, but has left it to us to put these pieces together."

- Diane McLaren

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"Exercise should be regarded as tribute to the heart."

- Gene Tunney

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"Your health account, your bank account, they’re the same thing. The more you put in, the more you can take out."

- Jack LaLanne

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"Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Put them together and you’ve got a kingdom."

- Jack LaLanne

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"To enjoy the glow of good health, you must exercise."

- Gene Tunney

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