Julius Erving is a famous Athlete from USA, he/she is 74 years old and still alive, born February 22, 1950.
Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac pisces, who is known for Fluctuation, Depth, Imagination, Reactive, Indecisive.
Our collection contains 32 quotes who is written / told by Julius.
"When handling the ball, I always would look for daylight, wherever there was daylight"
"That was just my own personal program: I didn't want to get too high over the good moments because I didn't want to be saddened and depressed when things didn't go as I had planned"
"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 get depressed about being the second-best team in the world, then you've got a problem"
"If you do things with a certain type of result and cause a certain type of reaction or effect, then you increase your market value. It's very much a competition for the entertainment dollar, and that's never been more clearly evident than in today's NBA game"
"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 don't do what's best for your body, you're the one who comes up on the short end"
"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 pulled the plug on it at a time that I thought was right for me to exit"
"And I continued to grow until I was 25 years old"
"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"
"To be great we need to win games we aren't supposed to win"
"They are taking steps, but they are baby steps"
"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"
"I had to spend countless hours, above and beyond the basic time, to try and perfect the fundamentals"
"Goals determine what you're going to be"
"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"
"The key to success is to keep growing in all areas of life - mental, emotional, spiritual, as well as physical"
"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"
"If you've experienced having control, you don't want to be moved to a subordinate position, if you have your druthers"
"I always try to keep a pretty conservative demeanor on the court"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"In 1981, at age 31, I was voted the best player in basketball, and the most valuable player in the league"
"I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity"
"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"
"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"
"Right up until the time I retired at age 37, I felt like there were still things that I could do better"
"I keep both eyes on my man. The basket hasn't moved on me yet"
"I came from a broken home, so my mom was a major influence in my life"
"Every team that I've played on, I've either been the captain or co-captain"
