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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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’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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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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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 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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Personally I just want to win a championship.
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I didn’t take constructive criticism the way I should have. When I finally caught up to that, that’s when I went to being the MVP.
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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.
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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.
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We should because when coaches get fired, the players have a lot to do with it.
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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 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 failed, got back up. I failed, got back up.
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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 am sick of defending myself, and I am not going to keep on doing it.
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I used to say my biggest accomplishment was just getting drafted, whether it was the first pick or the 100th or whatever.
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You think I can be the MVP without practicing?
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I want to play basketball so bad.
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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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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 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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It was a blessing just to play one NBA basketball game.
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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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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 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 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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