Julius Erving Quotes

There's a great quote by Julius Irving that went, 'Being a professional is doing the things you love to do, on the days you don't feel like doing them.'

I know the most important faculty to develop is one for hard, continuous and varied work and living; but the difference between knowing this and doing anything consistent about it is often abysmal.

If you are not willing to work hard and establish discipline in your life, then all your dreams are merely pipe dreams.

It's about working when nobody's watching.

A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn't feel like it.

My principal at RADA once told me, 'You'll know you're a professional when you don't feel like doing it but you have to do it.'

I have a strong work ethic.

You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.

I would never not work.

I have a good work ethic.

There's a lot that's out of your control. But the one thing that you can control is your work ethic.

I think I have a really good work ethic.

I actually really enjoy work ethic.

Work ethic is probably my No. 1 value and No. 1 attribute.

I believe ability can get you to the top,” says coach John Wooden, “but it takes character to keep you there.… It’s so easy to … begin thinking you can just ‘turn it on’ automatically, without proper preparation. It takes real character to keep working as hard or even harder once you’re there. When you read about an athlete or team that wins over and over and over, remind yourself, ‘More than ability, they have character.'

I know that the hard work got me here. And the day I stop working hard, this can all go away.

Discipline - Success doesn't just happen. You have to be intentional about it, and that takes discipline.

A professional is a man who can do his job when he doesn't feel like it. An amateur is a man who can't do his job when he does feel like it.

Writing is grunt work - you need to have self-motivation, perseverance, and faith... talent is the smallest part of it.

Talent is cheap. What really matters is discipline.

Everyday we are going to fight lazy and soft. It's completely unacceptable. You have to be demanding

Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.

From the very start of my career, it was clear to me that achievement was built on discipline.

When you're a professional you gotta do it [your job] when you don't feel like doing it.

While others were out partying, I was training. While they were out dancing at the clubs, I was training... and training... and training.