Allen Iverson Quotes
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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 love you Philadelphia. I want to thank you for accepting me, and letting me be me and make this my home forever.
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It's an honor you know to be able to accomplish something like that knowing what he meant to this franchise and to the league. It's a great accomplishment, but without my guys, there's no way to get that accomplished.
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I am the MVP and I gotta worry about the trade talk.
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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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These guys don't play it at a level like a Vince Carter or Tracy McGrady or myself.
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He got himself involved. It wasn't so much anything we did specifically ? we did really the same things we've been doing. He found ways to get his hands on the ball.
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I feel like if they want us to dress a certain way, they should pay for our clothes. It's just tough, man, knowing that all of a sudden you have to have a dress code out of nowhere. I don't think that's going to help the image of the league at all. ... It kind of makes it fake. The whole thing is fake.
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We should because when coaches get fired, the players have a lot to do with it.
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We're not playing defense, ... We're not defending or rebounding the ball. That's taking away a lot of baskets because we can't run and we can't stop anybody.
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I'd rather have more heart than talent any day.
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Personally I just want to win a championship.
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I think the biggest part of this was the fact that we were coming into an arena where the guys were 0-7.
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When you get down like that, you use up so much energy to get back into the basketball game. Then you have to be perfect the rest of the way. And playing this game, there is no way you can be perfect, because this game is so hard.
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You know, I've always told him (Larry Brown) I wanted the relationship that Michael Jackson... Michael Jordan, I'm sorry. … I wanted the same relationship with him like Phil Jackson and Michael Jordan had.
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We didn't do enough offensively to get it done, and we don't usually say that.
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I think I'm getting better as a basketball player.
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Once you get away and come back, you're ready to go. But knowing it's a fresh start, like a new season; we're taking it one game at a time.
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We got things done at the right time. Every time we went down, we kept our composure, got back into the lead and were able to sustain it.
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It felt terrible but I was glad I played all the way through so I didn't have to sit down and have it stiffen up. It stiffened up real bad at halftime but I managed to get through it.
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It makes it that much more important. I don't think it will have us play any harder because if you're not playing hard at this point with these games right here, then you're not gonna play hard anyway.
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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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I know I am healthy enough to go out there and not hurt my teammates.
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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.