Influences
- Glenn "Doc" Rivers got his nickname while at Marquette University for the "Dr. J" t-shirt he often wore to basketball practice.
- Chicago Bears defensive end Julius Peppers was named after Erving.
- Erving was U.S. President Barack Obama's childhood sports hero; as a child, he had his posters in his room.
- Erving's nickname "Dr. J" influenced the rapper Dr. Dre's name
- Erving helped influence Michael Jordan, Dominique Wilkins, and many other legends. Jordan wore his Converse basketball shoes during the 1982 NCAA Finals, where he made a winning shot.
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Famous quotes containing the word influences:
“The first in time and the first in importance of the influences upon the mind is that of nature. Every day, the sun; and after sunset, night and her stars. Ever the winds blow; ever the grass grows.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“I don’t believe in villains or heroes, only in right or wrong ways that individuals are taken, not by choice, but by necessity or by certain still uncomprehended influences in themselves, their circumstances and their antecedents.”
—Tennessee Williams (1914–1983)
“I am fooling only myself when I say my mother exists now only in the photograph on my bulletin board or in the outline of my hand or in the armful of memories I still hold tight. She lives on in everything I do. Her presence influenced who I was, and her absence influences who I am. Our lives are shaped as much by those who leave us as they are by those who stay. Loss is our legacy. Insight is our gift. Memory is our guide.”
—Hope Edelman (20th century)