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.
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 believe that whatever we have, regardless of a trade being done or not, I feel we have a shot. I’ve just got to believe that we’re going to be all right. I’ve got to just play basketball.
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If I don’t believe it, then they don’t need me on the court. I’ve just got to believe that in my heart.
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I wasn’t a point guard. I was a killer.
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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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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.
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You can hide from the devil, but he’ll always find you.
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Everybody 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.
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I wanted my fans and my family and my friends to be proud of me.
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Personally I just want to win a championship.
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LeBron ain’t got none of my game, but his heart is all mine.
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I don’t feel no type of way. I just understand that He helped me accomplish a lot of things in the NBA. I’ve done so many things that people thought that I couldn’t do.
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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 dressed like the guys who I grew up with. I looked like the guys I grew up with.
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A negative Allen Iverson story is the greatest Allen Iverson story, for some reason.
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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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We should because when coaches get fired, the players have a lot to do with it.
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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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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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If I’m not getting older and more mature at 31, then something’s wrong.
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When you are not practicing, someone else is getting better.
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He’s helped me do so much in my career, helped me be the player that I am. If there’s no Larry Brown, then there’s no MVP, Allen Iverson.
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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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This is the thing you dream about when you’re a kid, even before getting into the league.
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I just feel this is my planet.
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Larry Brown molded me into an MVP and a Hall of Fame player.
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I want to thank coach Thompson, for saving my life. For giving me the opportunity.
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