“Being a professional is doing the things you love on the days you don’t feel like doing them.”
“If you don’t do what’s best for your body, you’re the one who comes up on the short end.”
“The key to success is to keep growing in all areas of life – mental, emotional, spiritual, as well as physical.”
“To be great we need to win games we aren’t supposed to win.”
“I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity.”
“Goals determine what you’re going to be.”
“I had to spend countless hours, above and beyond the basic time, to try and perfect the fundamentals.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Erving