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 IVERSONI 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.
More Allen Iverson Quotes
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When you are not practicing, someone else is getting better.
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I just want kids all over the world to know you have to practice to be any good in this game; it’s too hard.
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All my tattoos are tattoos that I wanted to get, but I couldn’t afford.
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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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At times, I might have been too young; I might have been too naive at times and didn’t understand who I really was to a whole culture.
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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 knew I was gonna be the number one pick, but I didn’t know.
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Larry Brown molded me into an MVP and a Hall of Fame player.
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Personally I just want to win a championship.
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My actions, right or wrong, there were people who supported me through this long, hard journey.
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I felt like I was better at football than I am in basketball.
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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 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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Coming into the league, if I would’ve had money, then obviously I would’ve had more tattoos.
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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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