“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.”

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.

My actions, right or wrong, there were people who supported me through this long, hard journey.

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.

When you lose, there is a whole bunch of room for negativity and I don’t feed into this stuff and I do not do any talking. I don’t run my mouth.

You think I can be the MVP without practicing?

You can hide from the devil, but he’ll always find you.

My whole thing was being wanted and being accepted by a ball club. That was the most important thing to me.

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.

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.

I wasn’t a point guard. I was a killer.

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.

Either you give in, or you fight. That’s all I know, being where I’m from. You fight for what you want. You go after what you want. The only thing I could do was give up or keep fighting for what I wanted in life.

I failed, got back up. I failed, got back up.

It was just the greatest feeling to see a kid with your shoes on.

A negative Allen Iverson story is the greatest Allen Iverson story, for some reason.

It was a great experience for me – the ups and downs – because I became a man in Philadelphia.