All I ever wanted to do was wear Jordans. I think there was only one or two pair I never had. – Allen Iverson
I got a lot of love for NBC, Tom Brokaw. He did a lot for me, and I appreciate him, and I owe a lot to him for that. – Allen Iverson
Any one of my shoes that I had, you knew that, night in, night out, I gave my teammates and my fans everything that I had. – Allen Iverson
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
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? – Allen Iverson
You gotta do what you gotta do. And I had to figure that out, and I used to – I couldn’t stand the media, but I realized they have a job. They gotta do what they have to do. – Allen Iverson
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. – Allen Iverson
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
I owe all of this to the guys I’ve played with and all the coaches that have helped me get to where I’m at right now. I’m honored to be here. – Allen Iverson
I wish there was a season where I was playing and didn’t have no aches, no pains, no bruises, no nothing. – Allen Iverson
I think a lot of times, when people who get a chance to meet me and be around me, they understand that I’m not the person that the media make me out to be. – Allen Iverson
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. – Allen Iverson
I gotta win games. Because if we lose games, and I score a lot, they going to say I’m scorin’ too much. – Allen Iverson
Don’t nobody wanna talk about or hear about somebody donating money to a charity. You wanna hear about what Bin Laden is doing and what you think is on his mind. – Allen Iverson
I’m just overwhelmed with the fact that I had a signature shoe. It’s actually ‘my shoe.’ – Allen Iverson