Allen Iverson Quotations

When you lose, there is a whole bunch of room for negativity and I don't feed into this stuff and I do not do any talking. I don't run my mouth.

He's helped me do so much in my career, helped me be the player that I am. If there's no Larry Brown, then there's no MVP, Allen Iverson.

This is the thing you dream about when you're a kid, even before getting into the league.

When you are not practicing, someone else is getting better.

Personally I just want to win a championship.

When you win, everything is everything. But when you lose, it's all about Allen Iverson and Larry Brown. When we win, I know that I get the praise and Larry Brown gets the praise, but when we lose, it's on me and Larry Brown. That's something that I have to learn to accept and deal with.

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.

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.

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.

I had a lot of growing up to do. A lot of times, I learned the hard way.

I gave everything I had to basketball. The passion is still there but the desire to play is not. It was a great ride.

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.

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.

I love my fans in Philadelphia, but this is the hardest place in the world to play in. And I think it's the hardest place to play in to be a superstar. Just to be the No. 1 guy. All eyes on you - because everybody wants you to be perfect, but not themselves.

I believe that whatever we have, regardless of a trade being done or not, I feel we have a shot. I've just got to believe that we're going to be all right. I've got to just play basketball.

If that many people recognize how hard I go every night and what I put into my game, to make myself and my team better, it means a lot to mean. I'm fortunate; I'm blessed to be in the situation that I'm in right now.

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.

We should because when coaches get fired, the players have a lot to do with it.

This is like a tribute to them, the people who helped me to get here. The thing that makes me feel good about the whole thing is, the fans voted me here.

Nine times out of 10, I'm playing Friday.

I was struggling. I couldn't really go to the basket as quick as I wanted to. When I did it was real painful.

I was surprised that they just let me wind the clock down and take a shot. I told my teammates that I was going to wind it down. ... I was hoping if I did miss, the ball would bounce and the time would run out.

If we don't have Willie it's going to hurt us. But we have so many guys ready to step up.

Obviously, it's bad if I couldn't return. I just had problems walking. I knew I couldn't do any running.

Obviously, it's bad if I couldn't return. I'll just get the MRI and see what it really is... I had problems walking, so I knew I couldn't do any running. I couldn't go. It's real swollen and sore.

I got us off to a bad start from the beginning of the game. The magnitude of the game and being in so many games like that, for me to be the one to act like I had never been in a game like that is unacceptable. I fully take responsibility for this one.

I don't have a problem with it. I'll do it for the rest of the season.

We're looking at our own sizes, we're looking at our friends' sizes,

She was laying on the floor and she'd be having her arm around me.

When they start talking about suspending me and hurting what we're trying to do here as a basketball team, then I don't have (a) choice but to abide by it,

I was like a kid in a candy store. It felt like the first game of the season because I was excited to be back.

Getting those two guys on the same page will be a major factor on us having a good season,'' Cheeks said.

I feel good about how we're trying to get better defensively.

I feel good about how we're trying to get better defensively. We're nowhere near where we want to be, but I like the effort.

I don't think it's good for the league,

I don't think it's good for the league. I really don't because it kind of makes it fake. Guys wearing those clothes don't want to be wearing those clothes.

I don't remember him being in the game.

Forty-one games in, you should know how to close out games.

I don't want to be any problem to him, ... I just want to be somebody that, when he has a problem, he can come talk to me about it.

I don't want them to take my money, either. That's just like taking it and burning it.

If it didn't work out right, I'd probably be in here losing a lot of my money. That was bad. At that juncture of the game and on a significant play like that, you have to be able to see that play.

God blessed me with another opportunity. If that didn't work, I'd probably be in (the interview room) now, losing a lot of money.

God blessed us, ... It rained but we're still out here. This is what life is about. I'm glad I could get out here to put some smiles on these kids' faces.

I had problems walking, so I knew I couldn't do any running. I couldn't do it. It's real swollen.

To fight like we fought the majority of the game and then for that to happen to us with 4.9 seconds on the clock is just devastating.

We thought we had chances to get back into the game. We turned the ball over here and there, and they did what great teams do - they took advantage of it. When you are playing against a good team like (Detroit), you have to take advantage of the opportunities and you can't throw the ball away.

He wasn't calm. He was angry, and he had every right to be. What I got out of it is that the guys need to take a challenge to make this team better. He talked about this bad time were going through and how we need to stick together. It's very important for us to stay together as a unit.

If that didn't let him know this weekend that he can be a great player in this league, then nothing will. But I think he got the message.

If that doesn't let us know we can beat a good team, I don't know what will. Hopefully this one will give us some confidence, coming back on the World Champs.

He was angry, and had every right to be.

His opinion is his opinion - and it's just that. I don't have anything negative to say about him, and I don't have anything negative to say about the situation.

I feel like if they want us to dress a certain way, they should pay for our clothes. It's just tough, man, knowing that all of a sudden you have to have a dress code out of nowhere. I don't think that's going to help the image of the league at all. ... It kind of makes it fake. The whole thing is fake.

He has that confidence, that swagger with him. He doesn't feel like a little young guy out of place anymore. He feels welcome. He knows that, that's his spot and he's a part of this franchise.

He gave me an excuse, and I didn't buy it.

He gave me an excuse, and I didn't buy it. I told him that's what we need him to do. Andre is not selfish at all, but he has to be selfish in that sense to try to get shots up, because we need him to.

He got himself involved. It wasn't so much anything we did specifically ? we did really the same things we've been doing. He found ways to get his hands on the ball.

My shot felt good from the beginning of the game to the end.

I want to win a ring. I want to have an opportunity to get back to the Finals, but I just have to take it one day at a time, and understand that it can happen -- and I always believe it. Once I stop believing the goal can be accomplished, there is no need to keep dressing up every night. All that matters is us getting into the playoffs, because then, anything can happen.

I want to win a ring. I want to have the opportunity to get back to the Finals. All that matters is us getting into the playoffs, because then, anything can happen.

Looking back on everything that happened with me and coach, 99 percent of the time it was my fault. I see that now, definitely. ... Now that he's gone, you understand you lost a lot.

Steve set the tone for them and everyone else just followed.

I think that as far as talent, we have enough to get over the hump. We are just not doing it. You can?t coach it, you can?t preach it. It is just something that players must be willing to do.

Just getting back into the game and making it a game is all heart. It feels bad, though, because we don't give that effort in the beginning and then we start showing the heart when we're about to get blown out. You have to play like that in the beginning and get stronger as the game goes on.

just because you put a guy in a tuxedo, it doesn't mean he's a good guy.

Last night they kind of took me out of the game defensively and my teammates stepped up. Tonight was just a little different. I stepped up in the fourth quarter. We just need everyone to contribute.

Just inconsistent. But the positive part of it all is that the season's not over. (We've) still got a chance to get into the playoffs and start a new season. For us to tank it now would be crazy. (We're) definitely not going to give up. We've got a long way to go.

I think Leon told Mo (76ers coach Maurice Cheeks) that they weren't inviting me.

I think it would have been good if we could have played all pre-season games together. It will be something we'll have to deal with, something we'll have to fight through.

I thought he played great. He played well in training camp. I'm excited about it. We played well with each other tonight.

I think that with this team, we honestly worry about other things besides team concepts.

I talked to him before the game, and I asked him why in some games he is not aggressive, and some games he is. He gave me an excuse, and I didn't buy it. Andre is not selfish at all, but he has to be selfish in that sense, to try and get shots up, because we need him to.

John is going to feel bad because of the situation. Probably he will react to something not that serious because of the situation.

I think the biggest part of this was the fact that we were coming into an arena where the guys were 0-7,

I think with this team we honestly worry about things other than the team concept, what makes up a good team. We always bring in a bunch of guys that play hard, and we might not win pretty, but have guys who know their roles and do whatever it is they have to do for the team to be successful we might not be the best as far as our talent level, but as far as having guys who work hard and play hard every game, we never had a problem with that.

I think a lot of it has to do with the trade deadline being over. Guys are comfortable now that they?re going to be here.

I think I'm getting better as a basketball player.

I think if Yao Ming was on my team, we'd probably have a 100 percent chance of winning an NBA championship.

It felt terrible but I was glad I played all the way through so I didn't have to sit down and have it stiffen up. It stiffened up real bad at halftime but I managed to get through it.

I think he had a great camp. I think it's the first year John's playing relaxed and you can tell by what he's doing out there on the basketball court.

I still have yet to accomplish what I've been trying to do from Day 1.

It felt like it was the first game of the season. It was just fun to be back out there and be in the environment and playing with my team and trying to help.

keep his head up, that it would all work out.

I though I got a pretty good look. He had a hand in my face (Andre Miller) but I got a great look.

I think it sends a bad message when we lose these pre-season games.

I wasn't used to the attention, I wasn't used to having money, I wasn't used to being the main focus on an NBA team.

We had our chance to get back in the game in the third quarter when Dirk went down but Jet (Terry) and Marquis picked up their games and we didn't.

We just didn't finish the game off. We've been having that problem all season. Our problem is just stopping people and rebounding the basketball. Until we get that under control, we're going to continue to struggle through 2006 as well.

We know that team was 0-6 and just for those guys to come in here and get a win would have been devastating to us. Our whole thing was to not let them get their first win on us in our house.

You just have to want to do it. I don't know how but I know that it has to be done. I know if we get frustrated and start turning on each other that it is only going to get worse.

We just cracked. We had this game. We're not supposed to lose that one. I would rather get blown out.

That's what it is all about, coming in and playing a game like it is your last. That's what we did. We fought on the defensive end, we fought trying to get rebounds, and we let the offense take care of itself.

We just believed in each other, got defensive stops when we needed them and executed our offense. We were able to make something happen.

We got things done at the right time. Every time we went down, we kept our composure, got back into the lead and were able to sustain it.

We got things done at the right time tonight. Every time we went down we kept our composure and got back into the game. We were able to get a lead and sustain it. We showed a lot of character being that those guys (Washington) already had their playoff shirts made up and wanted to wear them after the game. We didn't give them a chance to do that, now they have to do it somewhere else. We had an extra incentive to beat them and that gave us a great lift. We just did everything right tonight.

We aren't playing defense and we aren't rebounding the basketball. This has gotten off to a bad start, but we have to find a way to turn it around.

We have a tough week ahead of us and to get those games out of the way was important. It was easy for us to go up against a team that hasn't even won 20 games. They are playing relaxed and we are fighting to get into the playoffs.

We can score on anybody. But we have to focus on defense. They were just outworking us. Everybody has to step up, period, for us to be a better team.

Those guys had their playoffs shirts made up and wanted to wear them after the game. We didn't give them a chance to do that. We had extra incentive to beat them. Now, they have to wear them somewhere else.

We couldn't put the ball in the basket.

We couldn't stop them. We got beat in every aspect of the game.