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.
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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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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Everybody is their own person.
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Being in a fishbowl, everybody looking at every move you make, talking about everything you do – it’s just a hard life to live.
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I am sick of defending myself, and I am not going to keep on doing it.
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Just because you put a guy in a tuxedo doesn’t make him a good guy.
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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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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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Don’t nobody wanna talk about or hear about somebody donating money to a charity. You wanna hear about what Bin Laden is doing and what you think is on his mind.
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You hit road blocks in life, but I’m living proof that you can overcome those road blocks and become what you want to become.
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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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A negative Allen Iverson story is the greatest Allen Iverson story, for some reason.
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If that many people recognize how hard I go every night and what I put into my game, to make myself and my team better, it means a lot to me. I’m fortunate; I’m blessed to be in the situation that I’m in right now.
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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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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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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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