Quotes By Julius Erving

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

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

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

Goals determine what you're going to be.

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.

You can feel the vibes, feel the people pulling for you.

There's the typical books, Moby Dick and, I guess in my adult life I began to read biographies more than fiction. I started to want to relate to other people's lives, things that had really happened.

If you get depressed about being the second-best team in the world, then you've got a problem.

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.

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.

One of the commitments that I personally have now is to a diverse approach to buying businesses, and the operation of those businesses.

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

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.

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