Allen Iverson
Allen Iverson
Allen Ezail Iversonis an American retired professional basketball player who played for 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association. He played both the shooting guard and point guard positions. Iverson was an eleven-time NBA All-Star, won the All-Star game MVP award in 2001 and 2005, and was the NBA's Most Valuable Playerin 2001...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth7 June 1975
CityHampton, VA
CountryUnited States of America
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.
One of the things you have to learn is that you don't have to have the ball all the time to be effective.
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.
When you are not practicing, someone else is getting better.
My whole thing is, if you love me, then love me. If you don't, then believe what you hear and run with that.
Mistakes happen. But after a while you've got to stop making them happen twice.
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.
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 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 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.
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?
You have to go through good times and bad times to get where you're trying to go.
I don’t even have money for a cheeseburger!
I'd rather have more heart than talent any day.