My whole thing was being wanted and being accepted by a ball club. That was the most important thing to me.
ALLEN IVERSONI 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.
More Allen Iverson Quotes
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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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I’ve accomplished so many things in basketball. I financially secured my kids’ life and their future. I’m just happy. I’m just blessed. So anything that I’m not awarded doesn’t matter because I’ve been rewarded enough in this lifetime.
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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 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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Just understand that there’s going to be some ups, there’s going to be some downs.
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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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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.
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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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I surround myself with people who make me laugh.
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I don’t want to just go to the playoffs, I don’t want to go to the playoffs and win the first round, second round, and not win the whole thing because it’s bittersweet.
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I can’t take it back. I can’t take anything back. So I don’t regret it.
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If I don’t believe it, then they don’t need me on the court. I’ve just got to believe that in my heart.
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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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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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Either you give in, or you fight. That’s all I know, being where I’m from. You fight for what you want. You go after what you want. The only thing I could do was give up or keep fighting for what I wanted in life.
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