I don’t really care too much about what people who don’t care about me say about me, but a lot of times, you know, I get tired of defending myself.
ALLEN IVERSONDon’t nobody wanna talk about or hear about somebody donating money to a charity. You wanna hear about what Bin Laden is doing and what you think is on his mind.
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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I don’t want to just go to the playoffs, I don’t want to go to the playoffs and win the first round, second round, and not win the whole thing because it’s bittersweet.
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I knew I was gonna be the number one pick, but I didn’t know.
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I had to learn that some people are just not going to like you. I had to have thick skin when I would see what people would say or write about me.
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You think I can be the MVP without practicing?
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If I don’t believe it, then they don’t need me on the court. I’ve just got to believe that in my heart.
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My actions, right or wrong, there were people who supported me through this long, hard journey.
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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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Larry Brown molded me into an MVP and a Hall of Fame player.
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I dressed like the guys who I grew up with. I looked like the guys I grew up with.
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When you are not practicing, someone else is getting better.
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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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Being older, I can’t imagine a parent not wanting to be in their kid’s life. I will just never understand it. To me, it’s priceless.
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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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I don’t feel no type of way. I just understand that He helped me accomplish a lot of things in the NBA. I’ve done so many things that people thought that I couldn’t do.
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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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I wasn’t a point guard. I was a killer.
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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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We should because when coaches get fired, the players have a lot to do with it.
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I owe all of this to the guys I’ve played with and all the coaches that have helped me get to where I’m at right now. I’m honored to be here.
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I want to play basketball so bad.
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Sometimes it used to hurt so bad when people used to say stuff about me. It still does. But I’m at a level now that I’m like, ‘I ain’t surprised that they said this or that about me.’
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God gave me all this; why waste the talent that he gave me? Why not go full throttle with it all and try to become in the class with the greatest players that ever played the game? That’s just a great feeling.
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All my tattoos are tattoos that I wanted to get, but I couldn’t afford.
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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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Coach’s voice will never leave my head as long as I live.
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