Julius Erving Quotes

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

Respect, Important, Greater

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

Life, Success, Spiritual

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

Life, Change, Off

Goals determine what you're going to be.
Julius Erving

Goals, Determine

Teachers are sort of faced with a thankless task, because no matter how good they are, unless they find a way to personally rationalize the rewards of their effort, nobody else is really going to do it for them en masse.
Julius Erving

Good, Find, Else

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

Play, Side, Potential

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.
Julius Erving

Depression, Someone, Remember

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

Good, Home, Learning

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

Best, End, Short

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.
Julius Erving

Good, Personal, High

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.
Julius Erving

Family, Great, Normal

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.
Julius Erving

Age, Time, Basketball

And I continued to grow until I was 25 years old.
Julius Erving

Old, Until, Grow

As a kid, I played a lot of one-on-none.
Julius Erving

Because of the makeup of the NBA, it cannot afford for the public to turn on them.
Julius Erving

Cannot, Public, Turn

But you know, if you live an affluent lifestyle, there are all types of trappings that are there that you have to be cognizant of, and you've got to try and communicate freely and gain understanding about and then keep moving on, because you know, sometimes lifestyles are chosen for us as opposed to us choosing them.
Julius Erving

Live, Moving, Try

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

Team, Either, Played

I always try to keep a pretty conservative demeanor on the court.
Julius Erving

Pretty, Try, Keep

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

Life, Home, Mom

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.
Julius Erving

Good, Game, Real

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

Time, Perfect, Try

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

Eyes, Keep, Both

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.
Julius Erving

Life, Time, Sports

I pulled the plug on it at a time that I thought was right for me to exit.
Julius Erving

Time, Thought, Exit

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

Today, Game, Value

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Nationality: American

Born: February 22, 1950

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