Julius Erving Quotes

If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.

I practiced for at least two hours every day for twenty years, before then I practiced maybe four to five hours a day, and before then 14 hours a day. It was all I had ever done.

You can't say I don't work hard and give all I got.

That's kind of how I see my workmanship: it's how many hours I put in that makes me better.

I have put in more than 10,000 hours perfecting my craft. And I am good at it.

One thing you notice is, there's a lot of people with raw talent, and then there's people who take that talent and work hard.

It's about putting in the hours and going through the paces.

You can have a knack for dancing, but you still have to practice till your feet are bleeding to be worthy of being in front of an audience.

Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly until you learn to do it well.

Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.

What people don't realize is that professionals are sensational because of the fundamentals.

I am not an 'instant' actor... to really do anything, I've got to try it five or six or a dozen times.

If I don't practice the way I should, then I won't play the way that I know I can.

My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more.

You'd just die if you put your head to the grindstone.

I don't know any musician who got to the top without hard work. Take whoever you want. They all work bloody hard, harder than you think.

I'm working as hard as I ever have.

I've learned that anything in life worth having comes from patience and hard work.

You can work hard to sharpen your talent, to get better at whatever it is that you do, and I think that's what it comes back to.

It's not just about waking up and trying to be a star... It's practice, practice, practice.

You only get better by playing.

There is simply no substitute for hard work when it comes to achieving success.

I've always worked very hard.

The last thing you want to do is finish playing or doing anything and wish you would have worked harder.

What makes knowledge automatic is what gets you to Carnegie Hall - practice, practice, practice.