I think a lot of times, when people who get a chance to meet me and be around me, they understand that I’m not the person that the media make me out to be.
ALLEN IVERSONI wasn’t a point guard. I was a killer.
More Allen Iverson Quotes
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I knew I was gonna be the number one pick, but I didn’t know.
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I wasn’t afraid to be who I am. I didn’t think anything was wrong with it.
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That’s the only thing that got me here is my teammates. My teammates and my coach. That’s the only reason I’m here.
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I had a lot of growing up to do. A lot of times, I learned the hard way.
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It was a great experience for me – the ups and downs – because I became a man in Philadelphia.
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I wish there was a season where I was playing and didn’t have no aches, no pains, no bruises, no nothing.
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If that many people recognize how hard I go every night and what I put into my game, to make myself and my team better, it means a lot to me. I’m fortunate; I’m blessed to be in the situation that I’m in right now.
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I made a lot of mistakes. And obviously, it cost me.
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At some point, it comes to an end regardless, however it comes, whether it is retirement or injury; at some point, it comes to an end.
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Tattoos, cornrows, headbands, hip-hop. I never meant to start any trends. I got my butt kicked, but if that meant that the guys who came after me could be themselves, then it was worth it.
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You used to think the suspect was the guy with the cornrows; now you see the police officers with the cornrows.
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I don’t care. I feel like if we don’t make a trade, we have to get it done with what we’ve got.
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I couldn’t have accomplished the things in my career if I didn’t practice, and the worst part about that whole thing is when a kid comes up to me and says ‘Allen, I don’t like practice, either.’ I’ve got to straighten that kid right then.
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I gotta win games. Because if we lose games, and I score a lot, they going to say I’m scorin’ too much.
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Everybody is their own person.
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