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.
ALLEN IVERSONDetroit was a bad situation for me.
More Allen Iverson Quotes
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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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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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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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I had a lot of growing up to do. A lot of times, I learned the hard way.
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Just because you put a guy in a tuxedo doesn’t make him a good guy.
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LeBron ain’t got none of my game, but his heart is all mine.
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When you are not practicing, someone else is getting better.
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Coach’s voice will never leave my head as long as I live.
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People and what they say don’t bother me like they used to. When I was younger, I really couldn’t take it because I couldn’t understand where the criticism was coming from.
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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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I don’t feel no type of way. I just understand that He helped me accomplish a lot of things in the NBA. I’ve done so many things that people thought that I couldn’t do.
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I went from the projects to a real house. It was a big difference.
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I had to learn that some people are just not going to like you. I had to have thick skin when I would see what people would say or write about me.
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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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I knew I was gonna be the number one pick, but I didn’t know.
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