Allen Iverson Quotes

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

  Allen Iverson

  Trying, Good Times, Bad Times

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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'.

  Allen Iverson

  Basketball, Mirrors, Nba

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

  Allen Iverson

  Perfect, Trying, I'm Not Perfect

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

  Allen Iverson

  Softball, Sports, Motivation

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

  Allen Iverson

  Basketball, Get Better

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• 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.

  Allen Iverson

  Basketball, Mean, Men

  "Iverson Practice!". Allen Iverson's press conference, www.youtube.com. May 7, 2002.

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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.

  Allen Iverson

  Basketball, Nba, Games

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• 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

  Allen Iverson

  Men, Fancy Cars, Shoes

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

  Allen Iverson

  Mistake, Mistakes Happen, Happens

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  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.

  Allen Iverson

  Basketball, Mistake, Nba

  "No more practice for A.I.: Allen Iverson says goodbye to Philadelphia" by Bryan Armen Graham, www.theguardian.com. October 31, 2013.

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• When you work hard, good things happen

  Allen Iverson

  Hard Work, Good Things, Happens

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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.

  Allen Iverson

  Basketball, Team, Struggle

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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?

  Allen Iverson

  Silly, Mean, Simple

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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.

  Allen Iverson

  Basketball, Player, Laughing

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• Life is short. Im gonna be happy with mine.

  Allen Iverson

  Life Is Short, Life Is, Mines

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

  Allen Iverson

  Said

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

  Allen Iverson

  Pressure

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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.

  Allen Iverson

  Tattoo, Basketball, Nba

  "No more practice for A.I.: Allen Iverson says goodbye to Philadelphia" by Bryan Armen Graham, www.theguardian.com. October 31, 2013.

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• I don’t even have money for a cheeseburger!

  Allen Iverson

  Cheeseburger

  "Allen Iverson gives tribute to ‘real love’ ex-wife during speech" by Laura Italiano, nypost.com. September 11, 2016.

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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.

  Allen Iverson

  Basketball, Running, Believe

  "Dime Q&A: We Get Allen Iverson To Open Up About His Critics, 'I Got Feelings Just Like Everybody'" by Spencer Lund, uproxx.com. November 4, 2013.

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• Only the strong survive.

  Allen Iverson

  Strength, Basketball, Strong

  Twitter post from Apr 2, 2018

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

  Allen Iverson

  Balls

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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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  Mirrors, Promise, Trying

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• We talkin' about practice?

  Allen Iverson

  Sports, Practice, Funniest Sports

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

  Allen Iverson

  Basketball, Thinking, Nba

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