It was just the greatest feeling to see a kid with your shoes on.
ALLEN IVERSONAt 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.
More Allen Iverson Quotes
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I want to play basketball so bad.
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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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Just because you put a guy in a tuxedo doesn’t make him a good guy.
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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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If that many people recognize how hard I go every night and what I put into my game, to make myself and my team better, it means a lot to me. I’m fortunate; I’m blessed to be in the situation that I’m in right now.
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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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I knew I was gonna be the number one pick, but I didn’t know.
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If I’m not getting older and more mature at 31, then something’s wrong.
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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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I don’t feel no type of way. I just understand that He helped me accomplish a lot of things in the NBA. I’ve done so many things that people thought that I couldn’t do.
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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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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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Don’t nobody wanna talk about or hear about somebody donating money to a charity. You wanna hear about what Bin Laden is doing and what you think is on his mind.
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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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I wasn’t a point guard. I was a killer.
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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.
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My dream was bigger than anything else. My fight and me wanting to fulfill what I wanted to be in life. That was enough to keep me strong enough to endure anything.
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A negative Allen Iverson story is the greatest Allen Iverson story, for some reason.
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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 want to thank coach Thompson, for saving my life. For giving me the opportunity.
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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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Larry Brown molded me into an MVP and a Hall of Fame player.
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When you are not practicing, someone else is getting better.
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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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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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