Julius Erving Quotes
34 Julius Erving quotes:
"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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"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."
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"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."
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"I grabbed 19 rebounds in my first professional game, and somehow found a way to score 20 points. I felt real good about it. I felt that this was the beginning of something good."
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"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."
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"I am very proud to be featured, especially when you consider the outstanding champions who have had this honor. It is great company to be in."
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"I pulled the plug on it at a time that I thought was right for me to exit."
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"In 1981, at age 31, I was voted the best player in basketball, and the most valuable player in the league."
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"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."
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"And from the first time I picked up a basketball at age eight - I had a lot of difficulty when I first picked up a basketball, because I was a scrub - there were things that I liked about it."
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"And I continued to grow until I was 25 years old."
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"I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity."
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"I had to spend countless hours, above and beyond the basic time, to try and perfect the fundamentals."
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"My role models in the business were the older guys on my team when I first got there: Gray Scott, Adrian Smith, Roland Taylor. These were the guys who took me under their wing, and really schooled me in terms of what the business was about."
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"When handling the ball, I always would look for daylight, wherever there was daylight."
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"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."
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"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."
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"One of the things in the back of my mind is that, after my sports experience, I never want to be, totally consumed by any one endeavor, other than my family life."
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"I came from a broken home, so my mom was a major influence in my life."
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"The key to success is to keep growing in all areas of life - mental, emotional, spiritual, as well as physical."
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