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 IVERSONAt times, I might have been too young; I might have been too naive at times and didn’t understand who I really was to a whole culture.
More Allen Iverson Quotes
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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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Just understand that there’s going to be some ups, there’s going to be some downs.
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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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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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Coming into the league, if I would’ve had money, then obviously I would’ve had more tattoos.
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At some point, it comes to an end regardless, however it comes, whether it is retirement or injury; at some point, it comes to an end.
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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 don’t really care too much about what people who don’t care about me say about me, but a lot of times, you know, I get tired of defending myself.
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I wanted my fans and my family and my friends to be proud of me.
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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 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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I knew I was gonna be the number one pick, but I didn’t know.
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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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LeBron ain’t got none of my game, but his heart is all mine.
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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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