Allen Iverson Quotes

How good can we expect to be if our best player is not our best teammate

People aren't the same. Business is, in my opinion, all about the team that fields the best players. It's not about an idea. An idea goes away. Somebody catches up with it. It's not about a widget.

I think that winning creates chemistry, as opposed to other way around. I've been on a lot of friendly teams that couldn't win, trust me.

I think that any time you're able to get a guy like Carmelo Anthony to be on your team, you're going to be a step up.

You've got to be extremely careful, because you could be with a great team, and you could be the product of a great team. There are some players that stand out despite the teams that they play on, and there are some players that are good because of the team that they're with.

You have a lot of great teams in the NBA. I watched San Antonio against Dallas, and they're two great teams, and there are great teams in the east, as well. So it takes time to gel, as we've all seen.

I was just taught, the team goes how the point guard goes.

Every matchup is very important regardless of who the bigs are, who the guards are.

There are teams spending a lot of money and buying top players from all over the world but it is not about money - it is about your team-mates.

I think the tone that the head coach sets transcends to the team.

Every day is different. There's always, as we call it in the NBA, a 'drama,' a team's drama, there's always something.

I've won midget championships, a junior-league title, two World Junior Championships and some other minor-hockey championships, but I don't think teams win because I'm on them.

When the team's not playing well offensively, it's always a problem for me because I'm not an individualistic player.

The more better players we have at Barcelona, the better it is for the team and coach.

A football team is like a piano. You need eight men to carry it and three who can play the damn thing.

A player who makes a team great is better than a great player.

I've always said, not giving too much away, I'm a believer in having all your stars on the pitch.

I understand the NBA and the role I play on my team. I know that I have to play a leadership role and do whatever I have to do to win.

You must learn how to hold a team together. You must lift some men up, calm others down, until finally they've got one heartbeat. Then you've got yourself a team.

When your teammate looks you in the eye and holds you accountable, that's the greatest kind of leadership there is

Talent is important. But the single most important ingredient after you get the talent is internal leadership. It's not the coaches as much as one single person or people on the team who set higher standards than that team would normally set for itself. I really believe that that's been ultimately important for us.

You should sub a player out when you see a player not going full-speed or playing selfish basketball.

The greatest ally you have to get things working well and the players performing as a team is the bench. Don't be afraid to use it, either for the star player or anyone else.

He doesn't need advice on how to play his position, but he needs advice on how to play team ball... If it's going to be my team, I'll voice my opinion. If he don't like it, he can opt out.