Julius Erving Quotes

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

  Julius Erving

  Inspirational, Motivational, Basketball

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

  Julius Erving

  Success, Basketball, Spiritual

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

  Julius Erving

  Basketball, Respect, Believe

  "The Wondrous Dr. J". Academy of Achievement interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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

  Julius Erving

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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• To be an innovator, you can't be worried about making mistakes.

  Julius Erving

  Mistake, Making Mistakes, Worried

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• One of the most predictable things in life is there will be change. You are better off if you can have a say in the change. But you are ignorant or naive if you don't think there will be change, whether you want it to or not.

  Julius Erving

  Thinking, Things In Life, Ignorant

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• Attitude is altitude.

  Julius Erving

  Basketball, Attitude

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

  Julius Erving

  Basketball, Eye, Men

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

  Julius Erving

  Motivational, Basketball, Team

  The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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

  Julius Erving

  Basketball, Sports, Winning

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• Goals determine what you're going to be.

  Julius Erving

  Inspirational, Basketball, Determination

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• I wanted to undertake the challenge of daring to be great.

  Julius Erving

  Basketball, Challenges, Daring To Be Great

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• I demand more from myself than anybody could ever expect.

  Julius Erving

  Motivational, Basketball, Demand

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

  Julius Erving

  Basketball, Long

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• The ones who become stars or superstars are the ones who have a head on their shoulders and know how to use it.

  Julius Erving

  Stars, Use, Superstar

  "The Wondrous Dr. J". The Academy of Achievement, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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• 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

  Basketball, Home, Thinking

  "The Wondrous Dr. J". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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• Goals determine what you are going to be

  Julius Erving

  Goal, Insightful, Nba Player

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• 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.

  Julius Erving

  Basketball, Sports, Games

  The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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

  Julius Erving

  People, Vibes, Feels

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

  Julius Erving

  Motivational, Basketball, Perfect

  "The Wondrous Dr. J". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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• When I get a chance to power jump off both legs, I can lean, twist, change directions and decide whether to dunk the ball or pass it to an open man. In other words, I may be committed to the air, but I still have some control over it.

  Julius Erving

  Men, Air, Twists

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

  Julius Erving

  Basketball, Age, Retired

  "The Wondrous Dr. J". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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

  Julius Erving

  Fitness, Health, Loss

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• 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.

  Julius Erving

  Basketball, Nba, Games

  "The Wondrous Dr. J". The Academy of Achievement Interview in Las Vegas, Nevada, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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• 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.

  Julius Erving

  Basketball, Years, Careers

  "The Wondrous Dr. J". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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