I had to learn that some people are just not going to like you. I had to have thick skin when I would see what people would say or write about me. Allen Iverson More Quotes by Allen Iverson More Quotes From Allen Iverson Michael Jackson is my favorite artist of all time, and it was like the closest thing to a Michael Jackson concert to me on a basketball level, i don't think a dunk contest will ever be duplicated in that fashion ever again. Allen Iverson us-news You hit road blocks in life, but I'm living proof that you can overcome those road blocks and become what you want to become. Allen Iverson roadyouwantlife You can hide from the devil, but he'll always find you. Allen Iverson hideyoualwaysdevil I don't really care too much about what people who don't care about me say about me, but a lot of times, you know, I get tired of defending myself. Allen Iverson myselfmeyoupeople Either you give in, or you fight. That's all I know, being where I'm from. You fight for what you want. You go after what you want. The only thing I could do was give up or keep fighting for what I wanted in life. Allen Iverson fightyoufightinglife Man, I'm 31 years old and a husband with four kids; I hope I'm no thug. I hear all those negative things and don't hear anything positive. I think that's all those people feel... that way that's all they hear about when you hear Allen Iverson did something negative or something. Allen Iverson youmanhopepositive Just because you put a guy in a tuxedo doesn't make him a good guy. Allen Iverson just-becausejustgoodyou I wasn't a point guard. I was a killer. Allen Iverson guardkillerpointpoint-guard I didn't take constructive criticism the way I should have. When I finally caught up to that, that's when I went to being the MVP. Allen Iverson beingupcriticismway I failed, got back up. I failed, got back up. Allen Iverson back-upfailedbackup Just understand that there's going to be some ups, there's going to be some downs. Allen Iverson goingsomejustunderstand Being older, I can't imagine a parent not wanting to be in their kid's life. I will just never understand it. To me, it's priceless. Allen Iverson understandmeparentlife I can't take it back. I can't take anything back. So I don't regret it. Allen Iverson anythingbacktakeregret I surround myself with people who make me laugh. Allen Iverson laughmyselfmepeople Obviously, if I could go back and change anything, I would be a perfect man. And I know there's no perfect man. Allen Iverson knowmanchangeperfect My friend... used to tease me about a tattoo I had right here, but it was so big, and what he was teasing me about - he said it looked like a flying monkey. It's supposed to have been a grim reaper holding a ball. But it did look like a monkey. Allen Iverson monkeyfriendlookme Me and my family are straight. I am blessed. I am alive, man, and I am healthy, and that is the only thing that matters. Me and my family, everybody else, it really doesn't matter because why do you care about somebody talking negative about you if they don't know you? Allen Iverson i-ammemanfamily I wasn't afraid to be who I am. I didn't think anything was wrong with it. Allen Iverson wrongi-amanythingthink I wasn't a fan of the Sixers. My dad was a big Mo Cheeks fan, and he wanted me to be drafted by the Sixers. My thing was, if that could make my dad happy, then that would make me happy, you know what I mean? Allen Iverson meyoudadhappy 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. Allen Iverson losewinmeyou
