Julius Erving Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“One of the commitments that I personally have now is to a diverse approach to buying businesses, and the operation of those businesses.”

“I came from a broken home, so my mom was a major influence in my life.”

“If you've experienced having control, you don't want to be moved to a subordinate position, if you have your druthers.”

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

“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.”

“Because of the makeup of the NBA, it cannot afford for the public to turn on them.”

“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.”

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

“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.”