Being in a fishbowl, everybody looking at every move you make, talking about everything you do – it’s just a hard life to live.
ALLEN IVERSONBeing in a fishbowl, everybody looking at every move you make, talking about everything you do – it’s just a hard life to live.
ALLEN IVERSONI gotta win games. Because if we lose games, and I score a lot, they going to say I’m scorin’ too much.
ALLEN IVERSONDetroit was a bad situation for me.
ALLEN IVERSONI’m not going to be the same as I was when I’ve made so many bad mistakes.
ALLEN IVERSONI am sick of defending myself, and I am not going to keep on doing it.
ALLEN IVERSONYou don’t want to hear about how much money I donate to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America or to AIDS awareness or to give out scholarships. You don’t want to hear about that.
ALLEN IVERSONI don’t care. I feel like if we don’t make a trade, we have to get it done with what we’ve got.
ALLEN IVERSONIt was a blessing just to play one NBA basketball game.
ALLEN IVERSONI knew I was gonna be the number one pick, but I didn’t know.
ALLEN IVERSONI used to say my biggest accomplishment was just getting drafted, whether it was the first pick or the 100th or whatever.
ALLEN IVERSONEverybody 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.
ALLEN IVERSONI wanted my fans and my family and my friends to be proud of me.
ALLEN IVERSONI wasn’t a point guard. I was a killer.
ALLEN IVERSONTattoos, 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.
ALLEN IVERSONMy actions, right or wrong, there were people who supported me through this long, hard journey.
ALLEN IVERSONI 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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