Julius Erving Quotes

The key to success is to keep growing in all areas of life - mental, emotional, spiritual, as well as physical.

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

I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity.

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

To be an innovator, you can't be worried about making mistakes.

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.

Attitude is altitude.

I keep both eyes on my man. The basket hasn't moved on me yet.

To be great we need to win games we aren't supposed to win.

Goals determine what you're going to be.

I wanted to undertake the challenge of daring to be great.

If you get depressed about being the second-best team in the world, then you've got a problem.

It's better to stay too long than to leave too soon.

I demand more from myself than anybody could ever expect.

The ones who become stars or superstars are the ones who have a head on their shoulders and know how to use it.

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.

Goals determine what you are going to be

I had to spend countless hours, above and beyond the basic time, to try and perfect the fundamentals.

I liked the game, I enjoyed the game, and the game fed me enough, and gave me enough rewards to reinforce that this is something that I should spend time doing, and that I could possibly make a priority in my life, versus other sports.

You can feel the vibes, feel the people pulling for you.

When I get a chance to power jump off both legs, I can lean, twist, change directions and decide whether to dunk the ball or pass it to an open man. In other words, I may be committed to the air, but I still have some control over it.

Right up until the time I retired at age 37, I felt like there were still things that I could do better.

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.

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.

If you're not doing what is best for your body, you are the one who lose.