“When you lose, there is a whole bunch of room for negativity and I don't feed into this stuff and I do not do any talking. I don't run my mouth. ”— Allen Iverson
当你输了的时候,有一大堆消极的空间,我不吃这些东西,也不说话。我不张嘴。
“This is the thing you dream about when you're a kid, even before getting into the league.”— Allen Iverson
这是你小时候梦想的事情,甚至在进入联盟之前。
“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.”— Allen Iverson
这就像是向他们致敬,那些帮助我来到这里的人。让我感觉良好的是,球迷们把我选在这里。
“My whole thing was being wanted and being accepted by a ball club. That was the most important thing to me.”— Allen Iverson
我所有的事情都是被一个球杆想要和接受。这对我来说是最重要的。
“If that many people recognize how hard I go every night and what I put into my game, to make myself and my team better, it means a lot to me. I'm fortunate; I'm blessed to be in the situation that I'm in right now.”— Allen Iverson
如果有那么多人认识到我每晚都在努力,我在比赛中投入了什么,让我自己和我的球队变得更好,那对我来说意义重大。我很幸运,我很幸运能处于我现在的处境。
“You used to think the suspect was the guy with the cornrows; now you see the police officers with the cornrows.”— Allen Iverson
你以前以为嫌疑犯就是拿玉米棒的人,现在你看到拿玉米棒的警察了。
“It was a great experience for me - the ups and downs - because I became a man in Philadelphia.”— Allen Iverson
这对我来说是一次伟大的经历,经历了起起落落,因为我在费城长大成人。
“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.”— Allen Iverson
你看看球场上的人,伙计。你有一个穿这个牌子鞋子的人,还有一个穿这个牌子鞋子的人-他们就是穿这个鞋子。但当你穿上一只鞋,感觉就完全不同了,它是你的。
“Everybody talks about that one when they first meet me. 'Man, I still remember the play you shook Jordan.' Everybody gonna always remember it because it was Jordan.”— Allen Iverson
每个人第一次见到我的时候都在谈论那件事伙计,我还记得你撼动乔丹的那出戏。“每个人都会记得的,因为那是乔丹。
“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.”— Allen Iverson
这一切都是神所赐给我的,何必浪费他所赐给我的才能呢?为什么不全力以赴,努力成为班上有史以来最伟大的球员玩游戏?感觉真好。
“Sometimes it used to hurt so bad when people used to say stuff about me. It still does. But I'm at a level now that I'm like, 'I ain't surprised that they said this or that about me.'”— Allen Iverson
有时候人们总是说我的坏话,我会很伤心。现在还是这样。但我现在的水平是这样的,‘他们这样那样说我并不奇怪。’
“My actions, right or wrong, there were people who supported me through this long, hard journey.”— Allen Iverson
我的行为,无论是对是错,都有人支持我走过这漫长而艰难的旅程。
“We should because when coaches get fired, the players have a lot to do with it.”— Allen Iverson
我们应该这样做,因为当教练被炒鱿鱼的时候,球员们和这有很大关系。
“Just understand that there's going to be some ups, there's going to be some downs.”— Allen Iverson
只是要明白,会有一些起伏。
“I've accomplished so many things in basketball. I financially secured my kids' life and their future. I'm just happy. I'm just blessed. So anything that I'm not awarded doesn't matter because I've been rewarded enough in this lifetime.”— Allen Iverson
我在篮球方面做了很多事情。我在经济上保障了我孩子的生活和他们的未来。我只是很高兴。我很幸运。所以任何我没有得到的奖励都无关紧要,因为我这辈子得到的奖励已经够多了。
“I don't have any problems with what these guys wear because they got their own style and their own originality. That's the way it's supposed to be, man.”— Allen Iverson
我对这些人的穿着没有任何问题,因为他们有自己的风格和创意。应该是这样的,伙计。
“My mom always told me that I could be anything I wanted to be. And I truly, actually believed it. And I fought.”— Allen Iverson
我妈妈总是告诉我,我可以成为任何我想成为的人。我真的,真的相信了。我战斗了起来。
“I got a lot of love for NBC, Tom Brokaw. He did a lot for me, and I appreciate him, and I owe a lot to him for that.”— Allen Iverson
我很喜欢NBC,汤姆·布罗考。他为我做了很多,我很感激他,为此我欠他很多。
“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?”— Allen Iverson
我和我的家人都是异性恋。我是幸运的。我还活着,伙计,我很健康,这是唯一重要的。我和我的家人,其他人,这真的不重要,因为如果有人不认识你,你为什么要关心别人说你的坏话?
“I think a lot of times, when people who get a chance to meet me and be around me, they understand that I'm not the person that the media make me out to be.”— Allen Iverson
我想很多时候,当人们有机会认识我并在我身边时,他们会明白我不是媒体所说的那个人。
“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.”— Allen Iverson
你在生活中遇到了障碍,但我是活生生的证明,你可以克服这些障碍,成为你想成为的人。
“I may not know everything about physical talent or anything like that, but I have a sharp mind when it comes to that look: being able to look into somebody's eyes to tell if they are going to be in the foxhole with you tonight, or if they are not.”— Allen Iverson
我可能不完全了解身体的天赋或诸如此类的东西,但我有一个敏锐的头脑,当谈到这一看:能够看着别人的眼睛,判断他们是否会在散兵坑与你今晚,或如果他们不是。
“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.”— Allen Iverson
我真的不太在乎那些不在乎我的人怎么说我,但很多时候,你知道,我厌倦了为自己辩护。
“I wasn't a fan of the Sixers. My dad was a big Mo Cheeks fan, and he wanted me to be drafted by the Sixers. My thing was, if that could make my dad happy, then that would make me happy, you know what I mean?”— Allen Iverson
我不喜欢六人组。我爸爸是个超级粉丝,他想让我被6人组选中。我的意思是,如果那能让我爸爸开心,那我也会开心,你知道我的意思吗?
“You don't want to hear about how much money I donate to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America or to AIDS awareness or to give out scholarships. You don't want to hear about that.”— Allen Iverson
你不会想听我捐了多少钱给美国的男孩和女孩俱乐部,或艾滋病意识或奖学金。你不会想听的。
“I wanna thank Biggie Smalls, Redman, Jadakiss, Tupac and Michael Jackson for being my theme music throughout my career.”— Allen Iverson
我要感谢比吉·斯莫斯、雷德曼、贾达基斯、图帕克和迈克尔·杰克逊在我的职业生涯中一直是我的主题音乐。
“I'm a father; I'm a friend. I think I've got the biggest heart in the world. A lot of times, that's not a good thing. It's a gift and a curse.”— Allen Iverson
我是父亲,我是朋友。我想我有世界上最大的心脏。很多时候,这不是一件好事。这是礼物也是诅咒。
“I couldn't have accomplished the things in my career if I didn't practice, and the worst part about that whole thing is when a kid comes up to me and says 'Allen, I don't like practice, either.' I've got to straighten that kid right then.”— Allen Iverson
如果我不练习,我就不可能在我的职业生涯中完成这些事情,而最糟糕的是,当一个孩子走到我跟前对我说‘艾伦,我也不喜欢练习。’我必须马上纠正这个孩子。
“I am sick of defending myself, and I am not going to keep on doing it.”— Allen Iverson
我厌倦了为自己辩护,我不会继续这样做了。
“My dream was bigger than anything else. My fight and me wanting to fulfill what I wanted to be in life. That was enough to keep me strong enough to endure anything.”— Allen Iverson
我的梦想比什么都大。我的斗争和我想要实现我想要的生活。这足以让我坚强到可以忍受任何事情。