A biography for Allen Iversonhasn’t been written yet.
“Being in a fishbowl, everybody looking at every move you make, talking about everything you do - it's just a hard life to live.”
“All I ever wanted to do was wear Jordans. I think there was only one or two pair I never had.”
“I wasn't afraid to be who I am. I didn't think anything was wrong with it.”
“You used to think the suspect was the guy with the cornrows; now you see the police officers with the cornrows.”
“I always wanted to be a Sixer... I always wanted to finish my career as a Sixer.”
“I used to say my biggest accomplishment was just getting drafted, whether it was the first pick or the 100th or whatever.”
“I'm a Hall of Famer, and I can go outside today and go to a restaurant or wherever, and somebody will come up to me and say, 'Practice? We talkin' 'bout practice?' Man, I am a Hall of Famer, and that's all you can think about?”
“Doing this for so long, I realize that the media - you have a boss. And your boss wants you to provide the best material that you can. And he might put pressure on you to do it a way that you feel is unconstitutional. You might not like it. But you still gotta feed your family.”
“Everybody talks about that one when they first meet me. 'Man, I still remember the play you shook Jordan.' Everybody gonna always remember it because it was Jordan.”
“I wanted my fans and my family and my friends to be proud of me.”
“People and what they say don't bother me like they used to. When I was younger, I really couldn't take it because I couldn't understand where the criticism was coming from.”
“Coming into the league, if I would've had money, then obviously I would've had more tattoos.”
“Just because you put a guy in a tuxedo doesn't make him a good guy.”
“You don't want to hear about how much money I donate to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America or to AIDS awareness or to give out scholarships. You don't want to hear about that.”
“I failed, got back up. I failed, got back up.”
“I'm the biggest Westbrook fan, I think, there is. You know what I mean? Because he reminds me so much of myself as far as his heart and laying it on the line night in and night out. Just a guy that's going to bring it every single night.”