I want to play basketball so bad.
ALLEN IVERSONYou think I can be the MVP without practicing?
More Allen Iverson Quotes
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Everybody talks about that one when they first meet me. ‘Man, I still remember the play you shook Jordan.’ Everybody gonna always remember it because it was Jordan.
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If you’re from Virginia, then you know some white people from Poquoson don’t like black people.
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You think I can be the MVP without practicing?
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I didn’t take constructive criticism the way I should have. When I finally caught up to that, that’s when I went to being the MVP.
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Being in a fishbowl, everybody looking at every move you make, talking about everything you do – it’s just a hard life to live.
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So many people supported me and believed in me. They made it so easy for me to believe in myself, because I didn’t want to let them down.
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My mom always told me that I could be anything I wanted to be. And I truly, actually believed it. And I fought.
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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.
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I didn’t do this by myself, man. It was so many people, so many fans that came in there and cheered for me, night in and night out.
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I’ve accomplished so many things in basketball. I financially secured my kids’ life and their future. I’m just happy. I’m just blessed. So anything that I’m not awarded doesn’t matter because I’ve been rewarded enough in this lifetime.
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If I’m not getting older and more mature at 31, then something’s wrong.
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As far as how I expressed ‘practice, practice, practice’ over and over again, I wouldn’t take that back because, obviously, that sound bite is great for the media and for the fans, because they love it.
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People and what they say don’t bother me like they used to. When I was younger, I really couldn’t take it because I couldn’t understand where the criticism was coming from.
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You can hide from the devil, but he’ll always find you.
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Larry Brown molded me into an MVP and a Hall of Fame player.
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