Quotes from 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.

I dressed like the guys who I grew up with. I looked like the guys I grew up with.

If I could take back all the mistakes that I made throughout my career, I would have had a perfect career. I would have missed no shots. I would have made no turnovers. I would have went right instead of going left when I was supposed to, every game.

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.

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 me. I'm fortunate; I'm blessed to be in the situation that I'm in right now.

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

You can hide from the devil, but he'll always find you.

I don't really care too much about what people who don't care about me say about me, but a lot of times, you know, I get tired of defending myself.

My whole thing is, if you love me, then love me. If you don't, then believe what you hear and run with that.

At some point, it comes to an end regardless, however it comes, whether it is retirement or injury; at some point, it comes to an end.

I can't take it back. I can't take anything back. So I don't regret it.

I have no regrets on anything. People ask me all the time, 'Do I have any regrets?' I don't have any. If I could back and do it all over, would I change anything? No.

I'm just a regular 24/7 dad now.

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.

Tattoos, cornrows, headbands, hip-hop. I never meant to start any trends. I got my butt kicked, but if that meant that the guys who came after me could be themselves, then it was worth it.

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.

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.

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 am sick of defending myself, and I am not going to keep on doing it.

I'm just overwhelmed with the fact that I had a signature shoe. It's actually 'my shoe.'

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.

Detroit was a bad situation for me.

I didn't do this by myself, man. It was so many people, so many fans that came in there and cheered for me, night in and night out.

You look at guys on the court, man. You got this guy with this brand of shoe, and this guy with this brand - they're just wearing the shoe. But it's a whole different feeling when you got a shoe on, and it's yours.