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.
My mom always told me that I could be anything I wanted to be. And I truly, actually believed it. And I fought.
I surround myself with people who make me laugh.
I wasn't afraid to be who I am. I didn't think anything was wrong with it.
Personally I just want to win a championship.
I just feel this is my planet.
Detroit was a bad situation for me.
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.
I didn't take constructive criticism the way I should have. When I finally caught up to that, that's when I went to being the MVP.
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.
God gave me all this; why waste the talent that he gave me? Why not go full throttle with it all and try to become in the class with the greatest players that ever played the game? That's just a great feeling.
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.
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.
So many people supported me and believed in me. They made it so easy for me to believe in myself, because I didn't want to let them down.
There's nothing that sells good about Allen Iverson if it's something positive about Allen Iverson.
If we lose games, and I don't score a lot, they gonna say I'm not scoring enough.
You think I can be the MVP without practicing?
I made a lot of mistakes. And obviously, it cost 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.
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.
