Julius Erving Quotes

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

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.

Goals determine what your going to be

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

Many people think sports are totally physical, that you don't have to think, everything is done for you and you're catered to, I found that to be so far removed from the truth that it's almost a joke. The ones who become stars are the ones who have a head on their shoulders and know how to use it.

I started playing professional basketball in 1971, and I played professionally for five seasons before going to Philadelphia.

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

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.

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

In a lot of areas of my life, particularly in my teenage years, I began to think about the world, and to think about the universe as being a part of my conscious everyday life.

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

You know, we always tried to rationalize by saying you take the good, you take the upside, you got to deal with the downside, you've to take the downside.

The biggest thing that I felt basketball could do for me was help me get a good education.

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

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

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

They are taking steps, but they are baby steps.

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.

When I played, the owners had the power. The prisoners are running the prison now, not the warden. The warden is strong and he has say so but, the balance of power is definitely with the players.