Quotes by Allen Iverson

“There may be one million people who love me, there may be 10 million people who hate me. What do I do? I go to battle for those 1 million people.”

“Its unfair because the people booing, I believe, wouldnt want to have their child booed. Fans dont understand our lives and what we go through. They dont 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.”

“Theyre targeting guys who dress like me -- guys who dress hip-hop. Put a murderer in a suit, and hes still a murderer. It sends a bad message to kids.”

“just because you put a guy in a tuxedo, it doesnt mean hes a good guy.”

“I still have yet to accomplish what Ive been trying to do from Day 1.”

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

“I just continue to play the way that made me successful in this league. Once I stop being aggressive on the basketball court, Ill be hurting my team more than helping them.”

“They want us to get down. Im going to get down.”

“Just getting back into the game and making it a game is all heart. It feels bad, though, because we dont give that effort in the beginning and then we start showing the heart when were about to get blown out. You have to play like that in the beginning and get stronger as the game goes on.”

“I kind of was frustrated with myself in the sense that I was missing easy shots,”

“This is what you want. You want the big contract, and you want the people to show how much they want you. Thats what Billy did today with those guys. He accepted them. Its important, because have some chemistry with each other. Sam and Kyle, theyre starters on the team. I like the look of our team, and I like the direction were heading. Im just looking forward to trying to win a championship with them.”

Man, Im 31 years old and a husband with four kids; I hope Im no thug. I hear all those negative things and dont hear anything positive. I think thats all those people feel... that way thats all they hear about when you hear Allen Iverson did something negative or something.

Me and my family are straight. I am blessed. I am alive, man, and I am healthy, and that is the only thing that matters. Me and my family, everybody else, it really doesnt matter because why do you care about somebody talking negative about you if they dont know you?

Theres nothing that sells good about Allen Iverson if its something positive about Allen Iverson.

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