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America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week. ↗

— Evan Esar

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There was a huge, tremendous amount of disabled veterans and the Veteran's Administration just wasn't geared up for it. I know for a fact that it's getting better and better. ↗

— R. Lee Ermey

#amount #better #disabled #fact #geared

One of the most predictable things in life is there will be change. You are better off if you can have a say in the change. But you are ignorant or naive if you don't think there will be change, whether you want it to or not. ↗

— Julius Erving

#better off #change #ignorant #life #most

Goals determine what you're going to be. ↗

— Julius Erving

#goals #going #you

I think I started learning lessons about being a good person long before I ever knew what basketball was. And that starts in the home, it starts with the parental influence. ↗

— Julius Erving

#basketball #before #being #ever #good

Government works less efficiently when it begins to grow out of control and takes on more and more of the responsibilities that belong to the citizens. ↗

— Jesse Ventura

#belong #citizens #control #efficiently #government

You know, I think you have to sound right singing whatever it is that you sing. ↗

— Randy Travis

#i think #know #right #sing #singing

Every team that I've played on, I've either been the captain or co-captain. ↗

— Julius Erving

#captain #either #every #i #played

The Florida State League was considered the top A-league back then. You played in the spring training parks of major league teams, traveled throughout some great cities in Florida, and the pay was the best in A-ball. ↗

— Jim Evans

#best #cities #considered #florida #great

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

#cause #certain #clearly #competition #dollar