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 IVERSONEverybody 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.
More Allen Iverson Quotes
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Personally I just want to win a championship.
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I felt like I was better at football than I am in basketball.
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That’s the only thing that got me here is my teammates. My teammates and my coach. That’s the only reason I’m here.
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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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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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You used to think the suspect was the guy with the cornrows; now you see the police officers with the cornrows.
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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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You think I can be the MVP without practicing?
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We should because when coaches get fired, the players have a lot to do with it.
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Guys is supposed to be able to be original and dress like how they want to dress. The NBA can’t dress no grown man.
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Obviously, if I could go back and change anything, I would be a perfect man. And I know there’s no perfect man.
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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 don’t care. I feel like if we don’t make a trade, we have to get it done with what we’ve got.
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I didn’t do this by myself, man. It was so many people, so many fans that came in there and cheered for me, night in and night out.
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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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