Allen Iverson Quotes
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I'd rather go to the playoffs than not go, even with a losing record. Because once you get there, you never know.
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You can put a murderer in a suit, and hes still a murderer.
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You've heard me say it a million times just from me being in here so long. You can have all the talent in the world, but if you don't have any heart, you're going to struggle as a player, and if the team doesn't have the heart, then the team is going to struggle.
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One of the things you have to learn is that you don't have to have the ball all the time to be effective.
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Chris and myself, some nights we're going to struggle and we're not going to be able to get it done. We need other guys to step up. When you get 31 from a guy off the bench, you're supposed to win that game.
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I was surprised that they just let me wind the clock down and take a shot. I told my teammates that I was going to wind it down. ... I was hoping if I did miss, the ball would bounce and the time would run out.
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I know I am healthy enough to go out there and not hurt my teammates.
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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.
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I dress to make myself comfortable. I really do have a problem with it. . . it's just not right.
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When you are not practicing, someone else is getting better.
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Man, people have been waiting for me to fall off my whole career. From the first time I stepped on the court. It probably made people sick to their stomachs watching my whole career, watching the things that I've done in my career.
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Personally I just want to win a championship.
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I am the MVP and I gotta worry about the trade talk.
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We had a real good meeting before the game in New York and I think it helped us out be-cause it got us focusing on what we need to do as a basketball team. I look at the stats and see that they still shot 50 percent and they almost scored 100 points and that's not something we want to give up. That's something we've got to look at as negative even though we got a win and try to improve on that.
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They do a lot of cutting, back screens and stuff like that. We weren't ready to handle the back screens and all the cuts. ... They are a well-coached team, and it shows.
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I honestly thought as long as I got there before the ball went up, everything would be cool. I've been doing it that way my whole career and it never was a problem, even when coach (Larry) Brown was here.
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The good part about this is you get to see what type of character you have as a team.
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We should because when coaches get fired, the players have a lot to do with it.
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The sky's the limit for him, ... He's a tough guard. He's got the best coach in the world on his side.
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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.
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I just wanted to set a good example. I wanted to do things that I hadn't done before. My whole thing was to just try to be professional. I think when you work hard, good things happen, so obviously, because we're going to the Finals.
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It's an honor. It's tough enough just to make an All-Star team, but when you're able to be a starter, it just says a lot about being pretty much one of the faces of the NBA because the fans pick you.
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These guys don't play it at a level like a Vince Carter or Tracy McGrady or myself.
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We weren't ready to handle the back screens and all the cuts. They execute their plays to the fullest and get the best shot possible.