Allen Iverson

I want to thank coach Thompson... for saving my life. For giving me the opportunity. ”

You hit road blocks in life, but I'm living proof that you can overcome those road blocks and become what you want to become. ”

At times, I might have been too young; I might have been too naive at times and didn't understand who I really was to a whole culture. ”

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. ”

There's nothing that sells good about Allen Iverson if it's something positive about Allen Iverson. ”

Me and my family are straight. I am blessed. I am alive, man, and I am healthy, and that is the only thing that matters. Me and my family, everybody else, it really doesn't matter because why do you care about somebody talking negative about you if they don't know you? ”

I wanted my fans and my family and my friends to be proud of me. ”

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

What makes me feel good is all of the people that rooted for A.I. get a chance to say, 'He did what you never thought he could do. The critics. He did what you never thought he could accomplish.' This is a moment that me and my fans and my family and friends can share together because we always believed in the dream. ”

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. ”