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I always wanted to be a Sixer... I always wanted to finish my career as a Sixer.
If we lose games, and I don't score a lot, they gonna say I'm not scoring enough.
You have to go through good times and bad times to get where you're trying to go.
I dressed like the guys who I grew up with. I looked like the guys I grew up with.
Just understand that there's going to be some ups, there's going to be some downs.
I want to thank coach Thompson... for saving my life. For giving me the opportunity.
A negative Allen Iverson story is the greatest Allen Iverson story, for some reason.
People think that I'm some tough renegade, black-hearted being, evil, but that ain't me.
Please don't try to make things nice! All the wrong notes are right? I want it that way.
I'm just overwhelmed with the fact that I had a signature shoe. It's actually 'my shoe.'
This is the thing you dream about when you're a kid, even before getting into the league.
Coming into the league, if I would've had money, then obviously I would've had more tattoos.
All I ever wanted to do was wear Jordans. I think there was only one or two pair I never had.
I make all that money and it ain't enough. I gotta make more to help all the people around me.
It was a great experience for me - the ups and downs - because I became a man in Philadelphia.
I didn't know I had this many fans in Puerto Rico. I'm going to carry this memory to my grave.
My actions, right or wrong, there were people who supported me through this long, hard journey.
If you're from Virginia, then you know some white people from Poquoson don't like black people.
I see kids today trying to do the things I did, and it makes me feel like I've come a long way.
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.
There's nothing that sells good about Allen Iverson if it's something positive about Allen Iverson.
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.
I gotta win games. Because if we lose games, and I score a lot, they going to say I'm scorin' too much.
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.
One of the things you have to learn is that you don't have to have the ball all the time to be effective.
I wish there was a season where I was playing and didn't have no aches, no pains, no bruises, no nothing.
My whole thing was being wanted and being accepted by a ball club. That was the most important thing to me.
My whole thing is, if you love me, then love me. If you don't, then believe what you hear and run with that.
Obviously, if I could go back and change anything, I would be a perfect man. And I know there's no perfect man.
You used to think the suspect was the guy with the cornrows; now you see the police officers with the cornrows.
My mom always told me that I could be anything I wanted to be. And I truly, actually believed it. And I fought.
There's nothing less than that. I don't care about just going to the playoffs; I've been to the playoffs before.
I love you Philadelphia. I want to thank you for accepting me, and letting me be me and make this my home forever.
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.
That's the only thing that got me here is my teammates. My teammates and my coach. That's the only reason I'm here.
Guys is supposed to be able to be original and dress like how they want to dress. The NBA can't dress no grown man.
I got a lot of love for NBC, Tom Brokaw. He did a lot for me, and I appreciate him, and I owe a lot to him for that.
I gave everything I had to basketball. The passion is still there but the desire to play is not. It was a great ride.
I gave everything I had to basketball. The passion is still there, but the desire to play is not. It was a great ride.
I wanna thank Biggie Smalls, Redman, Jadakiss, Tupac and Michael Jackson for being my theme music throughout my career.
I used to say my biggest accomplishment was just getting drafted, whether it was the first pick or the 100th or whatever.
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.
I remember playing in a tournament when at home we didn't have light, because my mom spent her last money on my sneakers.
Any one of my shoes that I had, you knew that, night in, night out, I gave my teammates and my fans everything that I had.
I thought we'd be discussing about me not leaving Philadelphia and they just kept asking me about the practice, so I lost it.
You hit road blocks in life, but I'm living proof that you can overcome those road blocks and become what you want to become.
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.
Being in a fishbowl, everybody looking at every move you make, talking about everything you do - it's just a hard life to live.
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.
I didn't take constructive criticism the way I should have. When I finally caught up to that, that's when I went to being the MVP.