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 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.
More Allen Iverson Quotes
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I had a lot of growing up to do. A lot of times, I learned the hard way.
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I don’t have any problems with what these guys wear because they got their own style and their own originality. That’s the way it’s supposed to be, man.
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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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It was a blessing just to play one NBA basketball game.
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I felt like I was better at football than I am in basketball.
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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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LeBron ain’t got none of my game, but his heart is all mine.
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God gave me all this; why waste the talent that he gave me? Why not go full throttle with it all and try to become in the class with the greatest players that ever played the game? That’s just a great feeling.
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Being older, I can’t imagine a parent not wanting to be in their kid’s life. I will just never understand it. To me, it’s priceless.
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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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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 gotta win games. Because if we lose games, and I score a lot, they going to say I’m scorin’ too much.
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We should because when coaches get fired, the players have a lot to do with it.
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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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If you’re from Virginia, then you know some white people from Poquoson don’t like black people.
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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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I am sick of defending myself, and I am not going to keep on doing it.
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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.
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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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It was just the greatest feeling to see a kid with your shoes on.
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I’m not going to be the same as I was when I’ve made so many bad mistakes.
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I’m a father; I’m a friend. I think I’ve got the biggest heart in the world. A lot of times, that’s not a good thing. It’s a gift and a curse.
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Everybody is their own person.
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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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I want to thank coach Thompson, for saving my life. For giving me the opportunity.
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When you lose, there is a whole bunch of room for negativity and I don’t feed into this stuff and I do not do any talking. I don’t run my mouth.
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