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.
ALLEN IVERSONI want to thank coach Thompson, for saving my life. For giving me the opportunity.
More Allen Iverson Quotes
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At some point, it comes to an end regardless, however it comes, whether it is retirement or injury; at some point, it comes to an end.
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If I’m not getting older and more mature at 31, then something’s wrong.
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I wasn’t a point guard. I was a killer.
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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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I felt like I was better at football than I am in basketball.
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My mom always told me that I could be anything I wanted to be. And I truly, actually believed it. And I fought.
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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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All my tattoos are tattoos that I wanted to get, but I couldn’t afford.
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I used to say my biggest accomplishment was just getting drafted, whether it was the first pick or the 100th or whatever.
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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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Just because you put a guy in a tuxedo doesn’t make him a good guy.
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You can hide from the devil, but he’ll always find you.
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I just feel this is my planet.
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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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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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