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Just because you put a guy in a tuxedo doesn’t make him a good guy.

Allen Iverson

You used to think the suspect was the guy with the cornrows; now you see the police officers with the cornrows.
ALLEN IVERSON

Police Suspect Thinking Yourself
When you are not practicing, someone else is getting better.
ALLEN IVERSON

Better Inspirational Motivational Practice Yourself
That’s the only thing that got me here is my teammates. My teammates and my coach. That’s the only reason I’m here.
ALLEN IVERSON

Myself Reason Team
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

Aware Donation Money Scholarship
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 IVERSON

Accomplishment Career Myself Practice Worst
LeBron ain’t got none of my game, but his heart is all mine.
ALLEN IVERSON

Game Heart Myself
I made a lot of mistakes. And obviously, it cost me.
ALLEN IVERSON

Cost Mistake Myself
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.
ALLEN IVERSON

Career Myself People Watch
Larry Brown molded me into an MVP and a Hall of Fame player.
ALLEN IVERSON

Coach Fame Player
There’s nothing that sells good about Allen Iverson if it’s something positive about Allen Iverson.
ALLEN IVERSON

Goodness Positive Sale
Sometimes it used to hurt so bad when people used to say stuff about me. It still does. But I’m at a level now that I’m like, ‘I ain’t surprised that they said this or that about me.’
ALLEN IVERSON

Bad Hurt Level Myself People Surprise
I want to play basketball so bad.
ALLEN IVERSON

Bad Myself Play
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.
ALLEN IVERSON

Bite Expression Greatness Love Media Myself Obvious Sound
If you’re from Virginia, then you know some white people from Poquoson don’t like black people.
ALLEN IVERSON

Black Discrimination Hate People Race White
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

Learning Myself People See Skin Writing
My mom always told me that I could be anything I wanted to be. And I truly, actually believed it. And I fought.
ALLEN IVERSON

Believe Inspirational Mom Motivational Myself

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