Allen Iverson gets emotional during sculpture unveiling ceremony

best in the business keep I'm keep it short sweet um wow this is um such an honor man I just want to just thank everybody that had a hand in this you know to make this happen um I've accomplished a lot of things in my career um but this the CR you know what I mean don't get too much better than this um for people that know you know if you don't know I'mma tell you you cannot accomplish the things that I've accomplished in my career in my life in general you can't do it by yourself you know what I mean so many people that help me get to where I'm at in life so many people that was play the intricate part in who I am my development and my maturation as a man to the you Sunny um my family my kids you know um man uh coach Bailey um coach Thompson made rest in peace and L Brown meant so much to me my development as a basketball player I always um felt that I was a good player and I I always felt like you know me and Coach didn't see eye to eye on things but he wanted the same thing that I wanted out of my career and our team goes and once I bought into that that's what turned me into an NBA MVP basketball player that's what turned us into a team that were win us that could go to the finals and compete with the best teams um just so many so many people that that help help me and you know when you think about the the statue outside you know that's a represent representation to y'all people that help me to everyone that played a part in my development in my life you know what I mean when y'all see that statue y'all can feel good about the part that y'all did and helping me in my life and um I I truly appreciate this is such an honor man and it don't even seem real um I don't get nervous too much but just seeing so many people in here that I love and just just want to say all the right things and know and just want y to know how much I appreciate y'all and um I promise myself I won to do this but I thank thank everybody for coming out um I thank everybody like I said for playing part this making this dream come true and I'm just so excited to see what's going on thank you