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 IVERSONCoach’s voice will never leave my head as long as I live.
More Allen Iverson Quotes
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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 want to play basketball so bad.
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Larry Brown molded me into an MVP and a Hall of Fame player.
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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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Being in a fishbowl, everybody looking at every move you make, talking about everything you do – it’s just a hard life to live.
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I didn’t take constructive criticism the way I should have. When I finally caught up to that, that’s when I went to being the MVP.
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I knew I was gonna be the number one pick, but I didn’t know.
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You think I can be the MVP without practicing?
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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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I dressed like the guys who I grew up with. I looked like the guys I grew up with.
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I made a lot of mistakes. And obviously, it cost me.
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All my tattoos are tattoos that I wanted to get, but I couldn’t afford.
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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.
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I went from the projects to a real house. It was a big difference.
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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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