Allen Iverson

“I'm a father; I'm a friend. I think I've got the biggest heart in the world. A lot of times, that's not a good thing. It's a gift and a curse.”

“I may not know everything about physical talent or anything like that, but I have a sharp mind when it comes to that look: being able to look into somebody's eyes to tell if they are going to be in the foxhole with you tonight, or if they are not.”

“If I don't believe it, then they don't need me on the court. I've just got to believe that in my heart.”

“Obviously, if I could go back and change anything, I would be a perfect man. And I know there's no perfect man.”

“My mom always told me that I could be anything I wanted to be. And I truly, actually believed it. And I fought.”

“I wish the media and people that work in media would realize sometimes - and I know it doesn't pay your bills - but sometimes just sit back and think, like, 'Man, what if this was my child? And somebody was doing this to them? And they had to go through it? If somebody bashed them like this?'”

“That's the only thing that got me here is my teammates. My teammates and my coach. That's the only reason I'm here.”

“If you're from Virginia, then you know some white people from Poquoson don't like black people.”

“Man, people have been waiting for me to fall off my whole career. From the first time I stepped on the court. It probably made people sick to their stomachs watching my whole career, watching the things that I've done in my career.”

“Guys is supposed to be able to be original and dress like how they want to dress. The NBA can't dress no grown man.”

“I'm not going to be the same as I was when I've made so many bad mistakes.”

“Coach's voice will never leave my head as long as I live.”

“God gave me all this; why waste the talent that he gave me? Why not go full throttle with it all and try to become in the class with the greatest players that ever played the game? That's just a great feeling.”

“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.”

“I don't want to just go to the playoffs, I don't want to go to the playoffs and win the first round, second round, and not win the whole thing because it's bittersweet.”

“I don't care. I feel like if we don't make a trade, we have to get it done with what we've got.”

“I don't watch college basketball.”

“My actions, right or wrong, there were people who supported me through this long, hard journey.”

“A negative Allen Iverson story is the greatest Allen Iverson story, for some reason.”

“Being an All-Star is everything.”