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.
ALLEN IVERSONI’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.
More Allen Iverson Quotes
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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 can hide from the devil, but he’ll always find you.
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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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There’s nothing that sells good about Allen Iverson if it’s something positive about Allen Iverson.
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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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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 am sick of defending myself, and I am not going to keep on doing it.
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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 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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Man, people have been waiting for me to fall off my whole career. From the first time I stepped on the court. It probably made people sick to their stomachs watching my whole career, watching the things that I’ve done in my career.
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So many people supported me and believed in me. They made it so easy for me to believe in myself, because I didn’t want to let them down.
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I don’t really care too much about what people who don’t care about me say about me, but a lot of times, you know, I get tired of defending myself.
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I failed, got back up. I failed, got back up.
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Everybody talks about that one when they first meet me. ‘Man, I still remember the play you shook Jordan.’ Everybody gonna always remember it because it was Jordan.
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All my tattoos are tattoos that I wanted to get, but I couldn’t afford.
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