Top 69 Quotes & Sayings by Julius Erving - Page 2

I think I was chosen by basketball, although I never really physically got drafted to any team that I played for.

At age 31, in 1981, I was voted the best player in basketball, and the most valuable player in the league.

I didn't want to become a reserve player, or a bench player, and it was time to move on and take on another challenge.

The biggest thing that I felt basketball could do for me was help me get a good education.

I think that my God-given physical attributes, big hands, and big feet, the way that I'm built, proportion-wise, just made basketball the most inviting sport for me to play.

I am very proud to be featured, especially when you consider the outstanding champions who have had this honor. It is great company to be in.

LA Clippers should come to Louisville

I started playing professional basketball in 1971, and I played professionally for five seasons before going to Philadelphia.

So much of becoming a good athlete involves bringing other things to the table, other than physical skills. It involves intelligence, it involves many of the things that you learn during the process of being educated. How to analyze, how to assess, how to equate, how to reason.