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.
ALLEN IVERSONIt was a great experience for me – the ups and downs – because I became a man in Philadelphia.
More Allen Iverson Quotes
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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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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 just feel this is my planet.
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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 can’t take it back. I can’t take anything back. So I don’t regret it.
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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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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 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.
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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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If I’m not getting older and more mature at 31, then something’s wrong.
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My mom always told me that I could be anything I wanted to be. And I truly, actually believed it. And I fought.
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People and what they say don’t bother me like they used to. When I was younger, I really couldn’t take it because I couldn’t understand where the criticism was coming from.
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Coach’s voice will never leave my head as long as I live.
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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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You used to think the suspect was the guy with the cornrows; now you see the police officers with the cornrows.
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