Julius Erving

Your goals determine what you’re going to be.

Julius Erving

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

Julius Erving

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

Julius Erving

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

Julius Erving

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

Julius Erving

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

Julius Erving

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

Julius Erving

I live my life trying to never appear to be a small man.

Julius Erving

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

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