Allen iverson quotes

I want to return to the NBA this season, and help any team that wants me, in any capacity that they feel that I can help. I'm disappointed.

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.

This is the thing you dream about when you're a kid, even before getting into the league.

We should because when coaches get fired, the players have a lot to do with it.

Everything comes back around. You never thought Louis Vuitton and Gucci and all that other stuff would come back. You know what I mean? And now it's one of the highest brands there is out. Everything just comes right back into circulation. Baggy jeans might come back out again. Might be a while, but they might.

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.

I see kids today trying to do the things I did, and it makes me feel like I've come a long way.

I went through what I went through because God said go through it

Not a game, not a game... practice.

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.

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?

I remember playing in a tournament when at home we didn't have light, because my mom spent her last money on my sneakers.

I take everything I learned from the streets and put it in my NBA game.

There's nothing less than that. I don't care about just going to the playoffs; I've been to the playoffs before.

You make other team think you going one way and you got to sell the move going that way and you've got to really make them think that you're going that way and they're going the other way. When it ends up ultimately being a perfect crossover is when you shake them so bad that they can't even get back into the play to play defense. You're already gone. That's what I think the perfect one is to where a teammate of his has to stop you from scoring.

I made a lot of mistakes, a lot of things I'm not proud of. But it's only for other people to learn from.

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.

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

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

Please don't try to make things nice! All the wrong notes are right? I want it that way.

When you get to that level, it's not a matter of talent anymore - because all the players are so talented - it's about preparation, about playing smart and making good decisions. 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.

God chose Memphis as the place that I will continue my career.

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.

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.

I've always said, just go ask my teammates if you want to know about me. Go ask the guys that I've played with. Don't ask or get information about me from people who are not in the locker room or not around me all of the time. Then you'll get legit answers.

How the hell can I make my teammates better by practicing?!

I would rather win than have good sportsmanship.

I don’t even have money for a cheeseburger!

Personally I just want to win a championship.

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.

I thought we'd be discussing about me not leaving Philadelphia and they just kept asking me about the practice, so I lost it.

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.

I dont want to be a point guard, or a two-guard, I want people to think of me as "creative", I just want to create on the court.

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.

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 mean. I'm fortunate; I'm blessed to be in the situation that I'm in right now.

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.

I didn't know I had this many fans in Puerto Rico. I'm going to carry this memory to my grave.

Being an All-Star is everything.

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.

I gave everything I had to basketball. The passion is still there but the desire to play is not. It was a great ride.

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.

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.

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.

I just wanted to set a good example. I wanted to do things that I hadn't done before. My whole thing was to just try to be professional. I think when you work hard, good things happen, so obviously, because we're going to the Finals.

I don't put pressure on myself. I just compete.

We had a lot to do with Randy being fired. If we were to do a lot better, then it probably wouldn't have happened.

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 going to always be a Sixer til I die.

We talkin' about practice?

When you work hard, good things happen

We talkin' bout practice?

I love you Philadelphia. I want to thank you for accepting me, and letting me be me and make this my home forever.

My whole thing is, if you love me, then love me. If you don't, then believe what you hear and run with that.

We're sitting in here, and I'm supposed to be the franchise player, and we in here talking about practice. I mean, listen, we're talking about practice, not a game, not a game, not a game, we talking about practice. Not a game. Not, not... Not the game that I go out there and die for and play every game like it's my last. Not the game, but we're talking about practice, man. I mean, how silly is that?.. And we talking about practice. I know I supposed to be there. I know I'm supposed to lead by example... I know that... And I'm not... I'm not shoving it aside, you know, like it don't mean anything. I know it's important, I do. I honestly do... But we're talking about practice man. What are we talking about? Practice? We're talking about practice, man.

I wasn't a bad guy. I just wanted God to give me a second chance.

One of the things you have to learn is that you don't have to have the ball all the time to be effective.

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.

I've been in Philadelphia 10 years, man. I knew it was going to be a challenge, mentally. I always thought life would come to an end if I ever left Philadelphia. And I feel like a newborn. Being in Denver it's just a better situation for me. And I'm just happy that I feel like I got an opportunity where I can win basketball games here.

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.

When you are not practicing, someone else is getting better.

I had a lot of growing up to do. A lot of times, I learned the hard way.

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.

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

People try to start things with me because of who I am, and I know that means I have to stay away. Its definitely racial.

The basket looked like an ocean, and I was just throwing rocks in.

I am the MVP and I gotta worry about the trade talk.

People think that I'm some tough renegade, black-hearted being, evil, but that ain't me.

Mistakes happen. But after a while you've got to stop making them happen twice.

I was the bridge between the Michael Jordan era and LeBron James era.

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

Only the strong survive.

Life is short. Im gonna be happy with mine.

Believe me, I am not even that brave enough to miss that many practices.

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.

A jump shot can get you a shoe deal, a big house, a supermodel, fancy cars, a bunch of yes men, a Swiss bank account. But none of these things can get you a jump shot

We got to stop people. We go ahead and we score 100 points every night, but we give up more. Our whole thing was, we know we can score, and we have to start having some kind of fun on the defensive end. Everybody want to play offense. Not too many people want to play defense. Defense is ego, pride, and that's the way we've been coming out, just taking the challenge. Man-on-man first, and having each other's back when a guy gets beat.

You can put a murderer in a suit, and hes still a murderer.

I owe all of this to the guys I've played with and all the coaches that have helped me get to where I'm at right now. I'm honored to be here.

You know, I've always told him (Larry Brown) I wanted the relationship that Michael Jackson... Michael Jordan, I'm sorry. ... I wanted the same relationship with him like Phil Jackson and Michael Jordan had.

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.