Allen Iverson Quotes
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You just have to want to do it. I don't know how but I know that it has to be done. I know if we get frustrated and start turning on each other that it is only going to get worse.
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The whole team learned a lot tonight, ... I was glad to we had that situation where it was a close game and we had to get it done. We had to get a stop. We showed a lot of character there.
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His opinion is his opinion - and it's just that. I don't have anything negative to say about him, and I don't have anything negative to say about the situation.
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It makes it that much easier for me, especially when he gets that attention on the post and people double him, and I get the entry pass. I get people running out at me, I can drive to the basket or hit that shot. And running the pick-and-roll, when guys try to take the ball out of my hands, all I do is make that one little pass at the free throw line. And when (Webber) is knocking it down, it?s tough for a team to stop us.
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When you have a half like that, nine times out of 10, you're going to have a good lead.
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I got us off to a bad start from the beginning of the game. The magnitude of the game and being in so many games like that, for me to be the one to act like I had never been in a game like that is unacceptable. I fully take responsibility for this one.
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They are similar, absolutely. We have leads and we give a lead up. It's been happening like this, the same way.
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I just continue to play the way that made me successful in this league. Once I stop being aggressive on the basketball court, I'll be hurting my team more than helping them.
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If I leave Philadelphia, it's not because I want to leave. I'm still in love with the place. I want to be here.
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What I've learned late in my career is, regardless of whether you play well or not, if the team doesn't win, it's all for nothing.
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I think it would have been good if we could have played all pre-season games together. It will be something we'll have to deal with, something we'll have to fight through.
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Anybody who is a competitor knows this is what you want, this is what it's all about. As a competitor, this is the kind of situation you live for.
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We understand that we're going to get the ball into Tim and play off him.
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I'm not pointing fingers at anybody, but as a group we're not playing hard enough to win basketball games. We don't seem hungry. We don't seem like we want to make it to the playoffs.
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I was like a kid in a candy store. It felt like the first game of the season because I was excited to be back.
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Mistakes happen. But after a while you've got to stop making them happen twice.
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When you win, everything is everything. But when you lose, it's all about Allen Iverson and Larry Brown. When we win, I know that I get the praise and Larry Brown gets the praise, but when we lose, it's on me and Larry Brown. That's something that I have to learn to accept and deal with.
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I would rather win than have good sportsmanship.
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It felt like it was the first game of the season. It was just fun to be back out there and be in the environment and playing with my team and trying to help.
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All of it is bad. We just struggled so badly offensively. We just couldn't put the ball in the basket. They did a great job with Tracy (McGrady) struggling. Sloppy, we just didn't play well, just didn't take care of the ball.
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We didn't take care of it. We just struggled handling the ball.
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That was my fault. Basically it was just good defense and I made a bad play.
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We thought we had chances to get back into the game. We turned the ball over here and there, and they did what great teams do - they took advantage of it. When you are playing against a good team like (Detroit), you have to take advantage of the opportunities and you can't throw the ball away.
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I definitely wasn't trying to disrespect Mo in any way, or the fans, as everybody is talking about. I've been here for 10 years, and to deliberately try to disrespect the fans, I would never try to do that in any way. I'm upset it came across that way.