I dressed like the guys who I grew up with. I looked like the guys I grew up with.
ALLEN IVERSONI owe all of this to the guys I’ve played with and all the coaches that have helped me get to where I’m at right now. I’m honored to be here.
More Allen Iverson Quotes
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I don’t really care too much about what people who don’t care about me say about me, but a lot of times, you know, I get tired of defending myself.
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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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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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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.’
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Everybody is their own person.
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I gave everything I had to basketball. The passion is still there, but the desire to play is not. It was a great ride.
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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 used to think the suspect was the guy with the cornrows; now you see the police officers with the cornrows.
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I don’t care. I feel like if we don’t make a trade, we have to get it done with what we’ve got.
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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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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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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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I wasn’t afraid to be who I am. I didn’t think anything was wrong with it.
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I just feel this is my planet.
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I am sick of defending myself, and I am not going to keep on doing it.
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