I wasn’t afraid to be who I am. I didn’t think anything was wrong with it.
ALLEN IVERSONSo many people supported me and believed in me. They made it so easy for me to believe in myself, because I didn’t want to let them down.
More Allen Iverson Quotes
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I just feel this is my planet.
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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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Just because you put a guy in a tuxedo doesn’t make him a good guy.
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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 surround myself with people who make me laugh.
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I am sick of defending myself, and I am not going to keep on doing it.
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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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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 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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I knew I was gonna be the number one pick, but I didn’t know.
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All my tattoos are tattoos that I wanted to get, but I couldn’t afford.
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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 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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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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You 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.
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