Allen Iverson Quotes

I have the fortune of playing with world-class stars.

I would rather just be successful and have money than be famous.

Fame and money and all that - you hear people say it a lot, but they don't mean a thing to me.

To people who want to be rich and famous, I'd say, "Get rich first and see if that doesn't cover it."

You're asking if I'm happy? I've got 87 million in the bank, I've got a Rolls Royce, I've got 3 stalkers, I'm about to go on the board at Manchester City, I'm part of the greatest band in the world. Am I happy with that? No, I'm not! I want more!

If you are ambitious you can have a moment of glory but it will most likely be temporary. But talent always finds its way out.

When I was growing up, I thought I'd be a lot happier if I was famous and successful and if I had money.

Even as a kid, I never wanted to be famous; I wanted to be good.

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.

99.9% of the time, the people we see worked for it. People like Morgan Freeman and Harry Connick, Jr. work every day to continue the status that they have.

My mom just didn't put a very high premium on me being like really famous or really wealthy or anything.

My career should adapt to me. Fame is like a VIP pass wherever you want to go.

It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich.

Becoming famous and selling a lot of records doesn't change a thing.

If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash.

You think that if you are the best actor, you deserve the most or if you are the biggest star, you deserve the most. That race just isn't important to me.

Just because you're not famous, doesn't mean you're not good.

I got a very good life. I sold plenty of records, I get recognized plenty, I can always have somebody call up and get me a fine table at a restaurant. What do you really need, ultimately?

I'm not ashamed of selling millions of records. I'm very fortunate to be in that position.

It's the thing that you do well that brings you to prominence. The very thing that brings you to success can also be like a curse, because then people think that's all you can do.

It's such a human condition, whether you're a great track star or a great knitting person or you paint watercolors - someone knows who you are.

When I was just a girl in Sydney, no one thought, 'Oh, she's going to be a movie star.' No one. I had to get by with actual skill and talent.

I don't need material things like gold and platinum records on my wall, Grammys or Hall Of Fame nods.

Without doubt, you are recognized for the last role you played.

If I'm going to be famous, I want to be famous for doing something good - having talent.