I went from the projects to a real house. It was a big difference.
ALLEN IVERSONThat’s the only thing that got me here is my teammates. My teammates and my coach. That’s the only reason I’m here.
More Allen Iverson Quotes
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My whole thing was being wanted and being accepted by a ball club. That was the most important thing to me.
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I failed, got back up. I failed, got back up.
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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 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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When you are not practicing, someone else is getting better.
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I wanted my fans and my family and my friends to be proud of me.
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I believe that whatever we have, regardless of a trade being done or not, I feel we have a shot. I’ve just got to believe that we’re going to be all right. I’ve got to just play basketball.
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Just because you put a guy in a tuxedo doesn’t make him a good guy.
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I just feel this is my planet.
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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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If I’m not getting older and more mature at 31, then something’s wrong.
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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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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’m not going to be the same as I was when I’ve made so many bad mistakes.
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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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