Julius Erving

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

— Julius Erving

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Being a typical Pisces, I might have experienced mood shifts, but I don't remember any depression, or needing to do anything, or to have someone bring me out of being depressed. ↗

— Julius Erving

#anything #being #being depressed #bring #depressed

Goals determine what you're going to be. ↗

— Julius Erving

#goals #going #you

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 great cause for celebration. ↗

— Julius Erving

#celebration #downs #family #great #had

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 #before #being #ever #good

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. ↗

— Julius Erving

#depressed #get #go #good #good moments

And from the first time I picked up a basketball at age eight - I had a lot of difficulty when I first picked up a basketball, because I was a scrub - there were things that I liked about it. ↗

— Julius Erving

#age #basketball #because #difficulty #eight

And I continued to grow until I was 25 years old. ↗

— Julius Erving

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As a kid, I played a lot of one-on-none. ↗

— Julius Erving

#kid #lot #played

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

— Julius Erving

#emotional #growing #keep #key #key to success