Allen Iverson Quotes
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To fight like we fought the majority of the game and then for that to happen to us with 4.9 seconds on the clock is just devastating.
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I guess it's just having time to play with each other and learning each other, just finding out how he wants to play and vice versa. He told me coming into the season that he wasn't doing his job if I didn't average four or five more points than I had been, and he was right because I am. ... We work together. We find out what plays we want to run. When we call plays for him, he tells me things he can do to get me an easy basket. And when a play is called for me, I let him know, if they take certain things away from me, what I can get for him. So it's just having some chemistry, being together and having a coach that understands that both of us need the ball and understands how both of us want to play.
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It's big for us because we know the other teams are right around us for the playoffs. (But) we are not approaching games like that. We are just trying to win the game. We don't feel like we need to settle for the eighth or seventh seed, we feel like we can get as high as we want to.
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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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He took advantage of his opportunities. He just got himself involved. He played a great game.
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I remember playing in a tournament when at home we didn't have light, because my mom spent her last money on my sneakers.
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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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When you're not writing, you're not doing anything else either because everything you do goes into the writing.
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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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I've always said, just go ask my teammates if you want to know about me. Go ask the guys that I've played with. Don't ask or get information about me from people who are not in the locker room or not around me all of the time. Then you'll get legit answers.
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I'd rather have more heart than talent any day.
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We've just got to understand that (tonight) is a different day and we've got to perform better than we did (Wednesday) night.
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I could have played 48 minutes. I have never had problems with my conditioning before. For a coach to say that he thinks my conditioning isn't there, that was something new for me. Because nobody never told me that, nobody questioned my conditioning or injuries or anything like that.
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He has that confidence, that swagger with him. He doesn't feel like a little young guy out of place anymore. He feels welcome. He knows that, that's his spot and he's a part of this franchise.
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You have to go through good times and bad times to get where you're trying to go.
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It?s going to be a tough week because it?s going to be a playoff atmosphere. It?s important for us to try to win one game at a time and just concentrate on that. Whatever opponent we have to play, just worry about those guys. And then worry about whatever happens after that.
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I wasn't a bad guy. I just wanted God to give me a second chance.
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I don't put pressure on myself. I just compete.
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People think that I'm some tough renegade, black-hearted being, evil, but that ain't me.
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You have to be a strong teammate when you're playing with me. And I have to be strong myself because of the controversy, just putting me against my team one second, and then putting my team against me the next second.
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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.
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We score with the best of them. If we concentrate on defense like we do on offense, then we'll win a lot more ballgames.
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It's a big win for us...just because we've been struggling to win a game after a game. You feel good about not giving up one after we win one.
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Saying something won't mean anything. We're gonna have to do it. I can't tell you anything that's gonna make you feel like we can turn it around. All I can do is believe in that and realize we're still alive. We still have a chance to make it into another season, and that's the most important part of all of it.