Allen Iverson Quotes

It's a big disappointment. They just jumped on us. Once we started to get into any type of groove offensively or defensively, it was too late.

Allen Iverson

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• I like movies that are specific. Movies that home in on a very specific subculture, a specific discipline, a specific world.

  

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• I tend not to reread books, because there's always something new to discover, but Dorothy Sayers is a comfort grab for me - there's no mood so bleak or cold so bad that Lord Peter and Bunter can't make it right.

  

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• I express myself the way I want. Sometimes, I know, I do put up posts that might be insensitive, but I am not someone who deletes a post. If my posts end up hurting people, I don't have any qualms apologising, and I have done that in the past.

  

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• Childhood nutrition and healthy eating is a cause that is extremely close to my heart.

  

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• It's a big disappointment. They just jumped on us. Once we started to get into any type of groove offensively or defensively, it was too late.

  

  Allen Iverson
  • Disappointment
  • Groove
  • Jumped