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.
ALLEN IVERSONDetroit was a bad situation for me.
More Allen Iverson Quotes
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I want to thank coach Thompson, for saving my life. For giving me the opportunity.
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You hit road blocks in life, but I’m living proof that you can overcome those road blocks and become what you want to become.
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I make all that money and it ain’t enough. I gotta make more to help all the people around me.
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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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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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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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I wasn’t afraid to be who I am. I didn’t think anything was wrong with it.
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If I’m not getting older and more mature at 31, then something’s wrong.
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I am sick of defending myself, and I am not going to keep on doing it.
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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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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 failed, got back up. I failed, got back up.
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I have no regrets on anything. People ask me all the time, ‘Do I have any regrets?’ I don’t have any. If I could back and do it all over, would I change anything? No.
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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 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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Guys is supposed to be able to be original and dress like how they want to dress. The NBA can’t dress no grown man.
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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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I knew I was gonna be the number one pick, but I didn’t know.
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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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I wanted my fans and my family and my friends to be proud of me.
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I can’t take it back. I can’t take anything back. So I don’t regret it.
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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 believe that whatever we have, regardless of a trade being done or not, I feel we have a shot. I’ve just got to believe that we’re going to be all right. I’ve got to just play basketball.
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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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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 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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