Top 180 Quotes & Sayings by Allen Iverson - Page 2

I want to play basketball so bad.

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.

Larry Brown molded me into an MVP and a Hall of Fame player.

People and what they say don't bother me like they used to. When I was younger, I really couldn't take it because I couldn't understand where the criticism was coming from.

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.

As 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.

I used to say my biggest accomplishment was just getting drafted, whether it was the first pick or the 100th or whatever.

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.

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.

Being older, I can't imagine a parent not wanting to be in their kid's life. I will just never understand it. To me, it's priceless.

All I ever wanted to do was wear Jordans. I think there was only one or two pair I never had.

I wish there was a season where I was playing and didn't have no aches, no pains, no bruises, no nothing.

I gotta win games. Because if we lose games, and I score a lot, they going to say I'm scorin' too much.

You look at guys on the court, man. You got this guy with this brand of shoe, and this guy with this brand - they're just wearing the shoe. But it's a whole different feeling when you got a shoe on, and it's yours.

I'm the biggest Westbrook fan, I think, there is. You know what I mean? Because he reminds me so much of myself as far as his heart and laying it on the line night in and night out. Just a guy that's going to bring it every single night.

LeBron ain't got none of my game, but his heart is all mine.

If I'm not getting older and more mature at 31, then something's wrong.

I wish the media and people that work in media would realize sometimes - and I know it doesn't pay your bills - but sometimes just sit back and think, like, 'Man, what if this was my child? And somebody was doing this to them? And they had to go through it? If somebody bashed them like this?'

I don't have any problems with what these guys wear because they got their own style and their own originality. That's the way it's supposed to be, man.

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.

There's nothing that sells good about Allen Iverson if it's something positive about Allen Iverson.

If I could take back all the mistakes that I made throughout my career, I would have had a perfect career. I would have missed no shots. I would have made no turnovers. I would have went right instead of going left when I was supposed to, every game.

I got a lot of love for NBC, Tom Brokaw. He did a lot for me, and I appreciate him, and I owe a lot to him for that.

It was a blessing just to play one NBA basketball game.

All my tattoos are tattoos that I wanted to get, but I couldn't afford.

My mom always told me that I could be anything I wanted to be. And I truly, actually believed it. And I fought.

I make all that money and it ain't enough. I gotta make more to help all the people around me.

I wanna thank Biggie Smalls, Redman, Jadakiss, Tupac and Michael Jackson for being my theme music throughout my career.

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.

You used to think the suspect was the guy with the cornrows; now you see the police officers with the cornrows.

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.

Coach's voice will never leave my head as long as I live.

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.

If you're from Virginia, then you know some white people from Poquoson don't like black people.

I'm not going to be the same as I was when I've made so many bad mistakes.

My whole thing was being wanted and being accepted by a ball club. That was the most important thing to me.

I always wanted to be a Sixer... I always wanted to finish my career as a Sixer.

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.'

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.

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.

I wanted my fans and my family and my friends to be proud of me.

Just understand that there's going to be some ups, there's going to be some downs.

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.

I was recruited by every school in the country for football and basketball. And an incident happened in high school, and all that was taken away. No other teams, no other schools were recruiting me anymore.

That's where I'll get the love in my heart: from, the fact that little young guys can look at the obstacles that I had to go through to become a Hall of Famer and know it's not so bad when it comes to them trying to accomplish the same goal.

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.

My actions, right or wrong, there were people who supported me through this long, hard journey.

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.

My friend... used to tease me about a tattoo I had right here, but it was so big, and what he was teasing me about - he said it looked like a flying monkey. It's supposed to have been a grim reaper holding a ball. But it did look like a monkey.

I'm just a regular 24/7 dad now.

Coming into the league, if I would've had money, then obviously I would've had more tattoos.

I want to thank coach Thompson... for saving my life. For giving me the opportunity.

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.

I knew I was gonna be the number one pick, but I didn't know.

I went from the projects to a real house. It was a big difference.

Doing this for so long, I realize that the media - you have a boss. And your boss wants you to provide the best material that you can. And he might put pressure on you to do it a way that you feel is unconstitutional. You might not like it. But you still gotta feed your family.

I'd rather have more heart than talent any day.

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'.

I'm not perfect. But I am trying every day to concentrate on being better.

You have to go through good times and bad times to get where you're trying to go.