Allen Iverson Quotes

If I played a bad game, there's gonna be people out there that want to try to bring me down. But I always stay up.

I know from experience that you should never give up on yourself or others, no matter what.

But I've never once thought that I wouldn't get back, as if you do think like that, then you're in trouble.

For they conquer who believe they can.

I will keep smiling, be positive and never give up! I will give 100 percent each time I play. These are always my goals and my attitude.

I was able to overcome my failures because I was always confident of my abilities and was sure I could achieve what I had set out for.

People always underestimate me. But if you stick around long enough, act out of conviction, and try to be honorable in everything you do, good things will come to you.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

Optimism is the key.

One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.

I always think I have a chance, and I always give it all I've got.

The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; in enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not abandon it to his enemy.

Of course I am an optimist. You can't do what I do without being optimistic.

I learned that I'm really good with perseverance. I'm stronger than I thought I was inside. I also learned that I don't give up easily and that I trust and believe that things are going to be OK.

I'm not the type of player to let the 3s get me down: 'Oh, I'm missing a couple of 3s. I don't want to do this no more.' No, I'm out there playing basketball, and I'm not going to let that get me down.

I just got to keep competing and keep believing.

Confidence is always there. If I miss one I'm shooting the next one.

Self-belief is the key to success and that has helped me. So I will put in all my efforts in the manner I know. If it works, it is great and if it doesn't it's still great as I know I have put in all my effort.

You have to believe in yourself and believe in what you are doing all the time.

You've got to have faith in what you're doing and not take no for an answer.

Faith is having a positive attitude about what you can do and not worrying at all about what you can't do.

I don't go thinking I'm going to lose. I never go into a tournament thinking that. I'll do the best that I can.

Success comes from believing in you when no one believes in you.

Like, you can find your dream, if you firmly believe. You have to have the innocence, and you have to have the daringness to trust.

In the NBA, you win, and you think you're going to win tomorrow. But as soon as you lose, you don't think you're ever going to win again.