Allen Iverson Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“This is like a tribute to them, the people who helped me to get here. The thing that makes me feel good about the whole thing is, the fans voted me here.”
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“I never took the game for granted as far as not having to work on what I needed to do to accomplish all of the things that I wanted to accomplish.”
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“I don’t even have money for a cheeseburger!”
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“I'd rather have more heart than talent any day.”
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“If you're struggling with your shooting, then do other things on the basketball court. Get steals, get assists, get rebounds-do anything on the court to help the team win.”
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“If I can't practice, I can't practice. It is as simple as that. I ain't about that at all. It's easy to sum it up if you're just talking about practice. We're sitting here, and I'm supposed to be the franchise player, and we're talking about practice. I mean listen, we're sitting here talking about practice, not a game, not a game, not a game, but we're talking about practice. Not the game that I go out there and die for and play every game like it's my last, but we're talking about practice man. How silly is that?”
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“When I was young, everyone laughed at me when I said that I wanted to be a professional basketball player...now it's my turn to laugh.”
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“You have to go through good times and bad times to get where you're trying to go.”
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“I believe in my heart I'm the best player in the world. I'm just a scorer. I try to put the ball in the basket for my team. I'm just confident in my ability to play ball.”
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“It's unfair because the people booing, I believe, wouldn't want to have their child booed. Fans don't understand our lives and what we go through. They don't look at us as humans. We love the fans because they support and love the game, but at the same time it hurts when they turn their back on us.”
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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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“I love my fans in Philadelphia, but this is the hardest place in the world to play in. And I think it's the hardest place to play in to be a superstar. Just to be the No. 1 guy. All eyes on you - because everybody wants you to be perfect, but not themselves.”
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“When you are not practicing, someone else is getting better.”
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“I just try to look into the mirror, and work on the things that I wasn't doing, and I made a promise to myself that after the season, I will look at the same mirror, and say that you did everything you could”
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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 always wanted to be a Sixer. My dad was a Sixers' fan. I never wanted to leave. I wanted to start my career in Philly and finish it here.”
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“I thought we'd be discussing about me not leaving Philadelphia and they just kept asking me about the practice, so I lost it.”
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“People think that I'm some tough renegade, black-hearted being, evil, but that ain't me.”
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“My whole thing is, if you love me, then love me. If you don't, then believe what you hear and run with that.”
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“Believe me, I am not even that brave enough to miss that many practices.”
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“In 2001 we didn't have all the talent in the world, we just had me on offense and just a bunch of tough ass dudes, and a great coach in Larry Brown.”
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“I wasn't a bad guy. I just wanted God to give me a second chance.”
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“I don't want to be another Jordan, Magic, or Isiah. When my career is over, I want to be able to look in the mirror and say 'I did it my way'.”
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“I remember playing in a tournament when at home we didn't have light, because my mom spent her last money on my sneakers.”
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“I am the MVP and I gotta worry about the trade talk.”
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“I didn't know I had this many fans in Puerto Rico. I'm going to carry this memory to my grave.”
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“When I was a little kid I used to go on the playground and say: today I will shoot like Bird, pass like Magic, jump like Mike, be quick like Zeke. I am thankful to them, since without seeing them do things they did, I wouldn't be in the NBA.”
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“I play every game like it's my last game. All that matters is that you go out there and play every game as if it was your last.”
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“My whole thing was, just being me. Now, you look around the NBA and all of them have tattoos, guys wearing cornrows. Now you see the police officers with the cornrows. I took a beating for those types of things.”
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