At age 31, in 1981, I was voted the best player in basketball, and the most valuable player in the league. — Julius Erving Copy Share Image
Every team that I've played on, I've either been the captain or co-captain. — Julius Erving Copy Share Image
Because of the makeup of the NBA, it cannot afford for the public to turn on them. — Julius Erving Copy Share Image
The biggest thing that I felt basketball could do for me was help me get a good education. — Julius Erving Copy Share Image
In 1981, at age 31, I was voted the best player in basketball, and the most valuable player in the league. — Julius Erving Copy Share Image
When handling the ball, I always would look for daylight, wherever there was daylight. — Julius Erving Copy Share Image
When I get a chance to power jump off both legs, I can lean, twist, change directions and decide whether to dunk… — Julius Erving Copy Share Image
I started playing professional basketball in 1971, and I played professionally for five seasons before going to Philadelphia. — Julius Erving Copy Share Image
I think that my God-given physical attributes, big hands, and big feet, the way that I'm built, proportion-wise, just made basketball the… — Julius Erving Copy Share Image
And from the first time I picked up a basketball at age eight - I had a lot of difficulty when I… — Julius Erving Copy Share Image
I grabbed 19 rebounds in my first professional game, and somehow found a way to score 20 points. I felt real good… — Julius Erving Copy Share Image
I liked the game, I enjoyed the game, and the game fed me enough, and gave me enough rewards to reinforce that… — Julius Erving Copy Share Image
If you do things with a certain type of result and cause a certain type of reaction or effect, then you increase… — Julius Erving Copy Share Image
So much of becoming a good athlete involves bringing other things to the table, other than physical skills. It involves intelligence, it… — Julius Erving Copy Share Image
Many people think sports are totally physical, that you don't have to think, everything is done for you and you're catered to,… — Julius Erving Copy Share Image
I think I was chosen by basketball, although I never really physically got drafted to any team that I played for. — Julius Erving Copy Share Image
I liked the game, I enjoyed the game, and the game fed me enough, and gave me enough rewards to reinforce that this is… — Julius Erving Copy Share Image
You know, just in terms of having to have a life on the road, you know, having the celebrity aspect be a burden for… — Julius Erving Copy Share Image
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… — Julius Erving Copy Share Image
Being a professional is doing the things you love to do, on the days you don't feel like doing them. — Julius Erving Copy Share Image
I think I was chosen by basketball, although I never really physically got drafted to any team that I played for. — Julius Erving Copy Share Image
I think that my God-given physical attributes, big hands, and big feet, the way that I'm built, proportion-wise, just made basketball the most inviting… — Julius Erving Copy Share Image
I've always tried to tell myself that the work itself is the thing, that win, lose, or draw, the work is really what counts. — Julius Erving Copy Share Image
When I went to Philadelphia I was 26 years old and really sitting on top of the world. Family life, a professional career, plenty… — Julius Erving Copy Share Image
