So much of becoming a good athlete involves bringing other things to the table, other than physical skills. It involves intelligence, it involves many of the things that you learn during the process of being educated. How to analyze, how to assess, how to equate, how to reason.
Julius ErvingIf you get depressed about being the second-best team in the world, then you've got a problem.
Julius ErvingBeing a professional is doing the things you love to do, on the days you don't feel like doing them.
Julius ErvingBut 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