Top 46 Quotes by Julius Erving

When handling the ball, I always would look for daylight, wherever there was daylight.

They are taking steps, but they are baby steps.

You know, we always tried to rationalize by saying you take the good, you take the upside, you got to deal with the downside, you've to take the downside.

When I played, the owners had the power. The prisoners are running the prison now, not the warden. The warden is strong and he has say so but, the balance of power is definitely with the players.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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