My actions, right or wrong, there were people who supported me through this long, hard journey.
ALLEN IVERSONGod 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.
More Allen Iverson Quotes
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A negative Allen Iverson story is the greatest Allen Iverson story, for some reason.
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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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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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We should because when coaches get fired, the players have a lot to do with it.
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Everybody is their own person.
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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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It was a blessing just to play one NBA basketball game.
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I have no regrets on anything. People ask me all the time, ‘Do I have any regrets?’ I don’t have any. If I could back and do it all over, would I change anything? No.
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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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Just understand that there’s going to be some ups, there’s going to be some downs.
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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.
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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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I just feel this is my planet.
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At some point, it comes to an end regardless, however it comes, whether it is retirement or injury; at some point, it comes to an end.
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I felt like I was better at football than I am in basketball.
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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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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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I used to say my biggest accomplishment was just getting drafted, whether it was the first pick or the 100th or whatever.
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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.
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I didn’t do this by myself, man. It was so many people, so many fans that came in there and cheered for me, night in and night out.
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There’s nothing that sells good about Allen Iverson if it’s something positive about Allen Iverson.
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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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If that many people recognize how hard I go every night and what I put into my game, to make myself and my team better, it means a lot to me. I’m fortunate; I’m blessed to be in the situation that I’m in right now.
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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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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.
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Just because you put a guy in a tuxedo doesn’t make him a good guy.
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