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 More Quotes by Allen Iverson More Quotes From Allen Iverson I don't want to be another Jordan, Magic, or Isiah. When my career is over, I want to be able to look in the mirror and say 'I did it my way'. Allen Iverson nbamirrorsbasketball You have to go through good times and bad times to get where you're trying to go. Allen Iverson bad-timesgood-timestrying We're sitting in here, and I'm supposed to be the franchise player, and we in here talking about practice. I mean, listen, we're talking about practice, not a game, not a game, not a game, we talking about practice. Not a game. Not, not... Not the game that I go out there and die for and play every game like it's my last. Not the game, but we're talking about practice, man. I mean, how silly is that?.. And we talking about practice. I know I supposed to be there. I know I'm supposed to lead by example... I know that... And I'm not... I'm not shoving it aside, you know, like it don't mean anything. I know it's important, I do. I honestly do... But we're talking about practice man. What are we talking about? Practice? We're talking about practice, man. Allen Iverson basketballmenmean I'm not perfect. But I am trying every day to concentrate on being better. Allen Iverson im-not-perfectperfecttrying I play every game like it's my last game. All that matters is that you go out there and play every game as if it was your last. Allen Iverson nbabasketballgames I'd rather have more heart than talent any day. Allen Iverson motivationsoftballsports A jump shot can get you a shoe deal, a big house, a supermodel, fancy cars, a bunch of yes men, a Swiss bank account. But none of these things can get you a jump shot Allen Iverson fancy-carsshoesmen Mistakes happen. But after a while you've got to stop making them happen twice. Allen Iverson mistakes-happenhappensmistake When you are not practicing, someone else is getting better. Allen Iverson get-betterbasketball If I can't practice, I can't practice. It is as simple as that. I ain't about that at all. It's easy to sum it up if you're just talking about practice. We're sitting here, and I'm supposed to be the franchise player, and we're talking about practice. I mean listen, we're sitting here talking about practice, not a game, not a game, not a game, but we're talking about practice. Not the game that I go out there and die for and play every game like it's my last, but we're talking about practice man. How silly is that? Allen Iverson simplesillymean I made a lot of mistakes, a lot of things I'm not proud of. But it's only for other people to learn from. Allen Iverson nbabasketballmistake If you're struggling with your shooting, then do other things on the basketball court. Get steals, get assists, get rebounds-do anything on the court to help the team win. Allen Iverson teambasketballstruggle When I was young, everyone laughed at me when I said that I wanted to be a professional basketball player...now it's my turn to laugh. Allen Iverson basketballplayerlaughing I went through what I went through because God said go through it Allen Iverson said When you work hard, good things happen Allen Iverson good-thingshard-workhappens My whole thing was, just being me. Now, you look around the NBA and all of them have tattoos, guys wearing cornrows. Now you see the police officers with the cornrows. I took a beating for those types of things. Allen Iverson nbatattoobasketball I don’t even have money for a cheeseburger! Allen Iverson cheeseburger I don't put pressure on myself. I just compete. Allen Iverson pressure My whole thing is, if you love me, then love me. If you don't, then believe what you hear and run with that. Allen Iverson basketballrunningbelieve I just try to look into the mirror, and work on the things that I wasn't doing, and I made a promise to myself that after the season, I will look at the same mirror, and say that you did everything you could Allen Iverson mirrorstryingpromise
