Julius Erving Quotes about Basketball

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

When I went to Philadelphia I was 26 years old and really sitting on top of the world. Family life, a professional career, plenty of friends and associates, and a good reputation, a wish list that could be the envy of many.

My mom is one of 14 children. She's a great lady. She's a Taurus. Has been a profound influence in my life, still is to this day. Born in meager surroundings in rural South Carolina.

I came from a broken home, so my mom was a major influence in my life.

With the crowds on your side, it's easier to play up to your potential.

If you've experienced having control, you don't want to be moved to a subordinate position, if you have your druthers.

When the crowd appreciates you, it encourages you to be a little more daring, I think.

The first professional game that I ever played remains, to me, the most exciting moment of my professional career.