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.
ALLEN IVERSONIt was just the greatest feeling to see a kid with your shoes on.
More Allen Iverson Quotes
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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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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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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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I failed, got back up. I failed, got back up.
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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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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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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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All my tattoos are tattoos that I wanted to get, but I couldn’t afford.
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At 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.
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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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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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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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I didn’t do this by myself, man. It was so many people, so many fans that came in there and cheered for me, night in and night out.
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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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It was a great experience for me – the ups and downs – because I became a man in Philadelphia.
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