It was a great experience for me – the ups and downs – because I became a man in Philadelphia.
ALLEN IVERSONIf I don’t believe it, then they don’t need me on the court. I’ve just got to believe that in my heart.
More Allen Iverson Quotes
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Everybody is their own person.
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Tattoos, 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.
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I make all that money and it ain’t enough. I gotta make more to help all the people around me.
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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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Detroit was a bad situation for me.
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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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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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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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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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Larry Brown molded me into an MVP and a Hall of Fame player.
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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 surround myself with people who make me laugh.
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We should because when coaches get fired, the players have a lot to do with it.
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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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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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