Quotes By Julius Erving

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

When handling the ball, I always would look for daylight, wherever there was daylight.

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

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

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

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

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.

In 1981, at age 31, I was voted the best player in basketball, and the most valuable player in the league.