You gotta do what you gotta do. And I had to figure that out, and I used to – I couldn’t stand the media, but I realized they have a job. They gotta do what they have to do.
ALLEN IVERSONYou used to think the suspect was the guy with the cornrows; now you see the police officers with the cornrows.
More Allen Iverson Quotes
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I gave everything I had to basketball. The passion is still there, but the desire to play is not. It was a great ride.
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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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You don’t want to hear about how much money I donate to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America or to AIDS awareness or to give out scholarships. You don’t want to hear about that.
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When you are not practicing, someone else is getting better.
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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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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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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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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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There’s nothing that sells good about Allen Iverson if it’s something positive about Allen Iverson.
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This is like a tribute to them, the people who helped me to get here. The thing that makes me feel good about the whole thing is, the fans voted me here.
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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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Man, people have been waiting for me to fall off my whole career. From the first time I stepped on the court. It probably made people sick to their stomachs watching my whole career, watching the things that I’ve done in my career.
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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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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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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 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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If we lose games, and I don’t score a lot, they gonna say I’m not scoring enough.
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I wanted my fans and my family and my friends to be proud of 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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My whole thing was being wanted and being accepted by a ball club. That was the most important thing to me.
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I just want kids all over the world to know you have to practice to be any good in this game; it’s too hard.
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Obviously, if I could go back and change anything, I would be a perfect man. And I know there’s no perfect man.
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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 had a lot of growing up to do. A lot of times, I learned the hard way.
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I don’t have any problems with what these guys wear because they got their own style and their own originality. That’s the way it’s supposed to be, man.
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LeBron ain’t got none of my game, but his heart is all mine.
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