I had a lot of growing up to do. A lot of times, I learned the hard way.
ALLEN IVERSONPersonally I just want to win a championship.
More Allen Iverson Quotes
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As far as how I expressed ‘practice, practice, practice’ over and over again, I wouldn’t take that back because, obviously, that sound bite is great for the media and for the fans, because they love it.
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I went from the projects to a real house. It was a big difference.
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Larry Brown molded me into an MVP and a Hall of Fame player.
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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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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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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.
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I’m a father; I’m a friend. I think I’ve got the biggest heart in the world. A lot of times, that’s not a good thing. It’s a gift and a curse.
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There’s nothing that sells good about Allen Iverson if it’s something positive about Allen Iverson.
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A negative Allen Iverson story is the greatest Allen Iverson story, for some reason.
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Just because you put a guy in a tuxedo doesn’t make him a good guy.
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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 knew I was gonna be the number one pick, but I didn’t know.
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I want to thank coach Thompson, for saving my life. For giving me the opportunity.
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Personally I just want to win a championship.
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It was a blessing just to play one NBA basketball game.
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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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This is the thing you dream about when you’re a kid, even before getting into the league.
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I have no regrets on anything. People ask me all the time, ‘Do I have any regrets?’ I don’t have any. If I could back and do it all over, would I change anything? No.
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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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If you’re from Virginia, then you know some white people from Poquoson don’t like black people.
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We should because when coaches get fired, the players have a lot to do with it.
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I dressed like the guys who I grew up with. I looked like the guys I grew up with.
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Coach’s voice will never leave my head as long as I live.
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That’s the only thing that got me here is my teammates. My teammates and my coach. That’s the only reason I’m here.
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I want to play basketball so bad.
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God gave me all this; why waste the talent that he gave me? Why not go full throttle with it all and try to become in the class with the greatest players that ever played the game? That’s just a great feeling.
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