Famous Quotes & Sayings

We want this to be more than just a basketball tournament. We also want this to be a social event.

Adam Carolla

When you're picking a basketball team, you'll take the brother over the guy with the yarmulke. Why? Because you're playing the odds.

Abraham Lincoln

The occasion is piled high with difficulty. We must rise to the occasion.

Ally Carter

I love being a pavement artist; seriously, I do. It's like when guys who would normally hate being freakishly tall discover basketball, or when girls with abnormally long fingers sit down at a piano. Blending in, going unseen, being a shadow in the sun is what I'm good at. Seeing the shadows, it turns out, is not my natural gift.

Allen Iverson

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

Allen Iverson

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.

Allen Iverson

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.

Allen Iverson

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

Allen Iverson

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

Allen Iverson

I'm going to always be a Sixer til I die.

Allen Iverson

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

Allen Iverson

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

Allen Iverson

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

Allen Iverson

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.

Allen Iverson

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

Allen Iverson

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

Allen Iverson

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.

Allen Iverson

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.

Allen Iverson

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.

Allen Iverson

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.

Allen Iverson

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.

Allen Iverson

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.

Allen Iverson

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

Allen Iverson

Only the strong survive.

Allen Iverson

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

Allen Iverson

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

Allen Iverson

Personally I just want to win a championship.

Allen Iverson

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.

Allen Iverson

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

Allen Iverson

Being an All-Star is everything.

Allen Iverson

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.

Allen Iverson

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

Allen Iverson

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.