Author: Julius Erving

Quotes

Right up until the time I retired at age 37, I felt like there were still things that I could do better.

Right up until the time I retired at age 37, I felt like there were still things that I could do better.

- Julius Erving

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

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

- Julius Erving

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

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

- Julius Erving

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.

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.

- Julius Erving

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

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

- Julius Erving

To be great we need to win games we aren't supposed to win.

To be great we need to win games we aren't supposed to win.

- Julius Erving

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

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

- Julius Erving

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.

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

One of the things in the back of my mind is that, after my sports experience, I never want to be, totally consumed by any one endeavor, other than my family life.

One of the things in the back of my mind is that, after my sports experience, I never want to be, totally consumed by any one endeavor, other than my family life.

- Julius Erving

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