I had to learn that some people are just not going to like you. I had to have thick skin when I would see what people would say or write about me.
ALLEN IVERSONThis 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.
More Allen Iverson Quotes
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I felt like I was better at football than I am in basketball.
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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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Obviously, if I could go back and change anything, I would be a perfect man. And I know there’s no perfect man.
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It was a blessing just to play one NBA basketball game.
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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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Man, people have been waiting for me to fall off my whole career. From the first time I stepped on the court. It probably made people sick to their stomachs watching my whole career, watching the things that I’ve done in my career.
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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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Coming into the league, if I would’ve had money, then obviously I would’ve had more tattoos.
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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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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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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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I don’t care. I feel like if we don’t make a trade, we have to get it done with what we’ve got.
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I surround myself with people who make me laugh.
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Larry Brown molded me into an MVP and a Hall of Fame player.
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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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