My mom always told me that I could be anything I wanted to be. And I truly, actually believed it. And I fought.
ALLEN IVERSONI want to play basketball so bad.
More Allen Iverson Quotes
-
-
Just understand that there’s going to be some ups, there’s going to be some downs.
ALLEN IVERSON -
All my tattoos are tattoos that I wanted to get, but I couldn’t afford.
ALLEN IVERSON -
I owe all of this to the guys I’ve played with and all the coaches that have helped me get to where I’m at right now. I’m honored to be here.
ALLEN IVERSON -
You think I can be the MVP without practicing?
ALLEN IVERSON -
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.
ALLEN IVERSON -
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.
ALLEN IVERSON -
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.
ALLEN IVERSON -
A negative Allen Iverson story is the greatest Allen Iverson story, for some reason.
ALLEN IVERSON -
I want to play basketball so bad.
ALLEN IVERSON -
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.
ALLEN IVERSON -
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 IVERSON -
So 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.
ALLEN IVERSON -
I made a lot of mistakes. And obviously, it cost me.
ALLEN IVERSON -
This 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.
ALLEN IVERSON -
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.
ALLEN IVERSON