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.
ALLEN IVERSONI 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.
More Allen Iverson Quotes
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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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I had a lot of growing up to do. A lot of times, I learned the hard way.
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I couldn’t have accomplished the things in my career if I didn’t practice, and the worst part about that whole thing is when a kid comes up to me and says ‘Allen, I don’t like practice, either.’ I’ve got to straighten that kid right then.
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Just understand that there’s going to be some ups, there’s going to be some downs.
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Coming into the league, if I would’ve had money, then obviously I would’ve had more tattoos.
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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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I wasn’t a point guard. I was a killer.
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It was just the greatest feeling to see a kid with your shoes on.
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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.
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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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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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This is the thing you dream about when you’re a kid, even before getting into the league.
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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 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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He’s helped me do so much in my career, helped me be the player that I am. If there’s no Larry Brown, then there’s no MVP, Allen Iverson.
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