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.
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’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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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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I surround myself with people who make me laugh.
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I knew I was gonna be the number one pick, but I didn’t know.
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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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Larry Brown molded me into an MVP and a Hall of Fame player.
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We should because when coaches get fired, the players have a lot to do with it.
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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 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 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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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 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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All my tattoos are tattoos that I wanted to get, but I couldn’t afford.
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I failed, got back up. I failed, got back up.
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