I didn’t take constructive criticism the way I should have. When I finally caught up to that, that’s when I went to being the MVP.
ALLEN IVERSONAs 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.
More Allen Iverson Quotes
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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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We should because when coaches get fired, the players have a lot to do with it.
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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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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 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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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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He’s helped me do so much in my career, helped me be the player that I am. If there’s no Larry Brown, then there’s no MVP, Allen Iverson.
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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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LeBron ain’t got none of my game, but his heart is all mine.
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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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All my tattoos are tattoos that I wanted to get, but I couldn’t afford.
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I felt like I was better at football than I am in basketball.
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When you are not practicing, someone else is getting better.
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It was a great experience for me – the ups and downs – because I became a man in Philadelphia.
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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 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.
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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’m a father; I’m a friend. I think I’ve got the biggest heart in the world. A lot of times, that’s not a good thing. It’s a gift and a curse.
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Coming into the league, if I would’ve had money, then obviously I would’ve had more tattoos.
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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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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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I failed, got back up. I failed, got back up.
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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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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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When you lose, there is a whole bunch of room for negativity and I don’t feed into this stuff and I do not do any talking. I don’t run my mouth.
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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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