5 Quotes & Sayings By Allen Iverson

Allen Iverson (born January 22, 1969) is an American retired professional basketball player who played 19 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played for four teams, winning the NBA Rookie of the Year Award with the Philadelphia 76ers in 1988. He also won two NBA championships with the Detroit Pistons in 2004 and 2008. A prolific scorer, Iverson was a five-time NBA All-Star, voted to the NBA All-NBA Second Team three times, and won an NBA scoring title in 2000 Read more

He retired as the sixth all-time leading scorer in league history, and his #3 jersey was retired by both his former teams, the 76ers and Pistons. Iverson is considered one of the greatest scorers in NBA history, considered one of the top players of his generation, and is credited with popularizing "Hip Hop" culture.

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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
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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
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There's nothing that sells good about Allen Iverson if it's something positive about Allen Iverson. Allen Iverson
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My mom always told me that I could be anything I wanted to be. And I truly, actually believed it. And I fought. Allen Iverson