If you’re from Virginia, then you know some white people from Poquoson don’t like black people.
ALLEN IVERSONMy whole thing was being wanted and being accepted by a ball club. That was the most important thing to me.
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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.
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I didn’t take constructive criticism the way I should have. When I finally caught up to that, that’s when I went to being the MVP.
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It was a blessing just to play one NBA basketball game.
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I just feel this is my planet.
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I am sick of defending myself, and I am not going to keep on doing it.
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I wasn’t afraid to be who I am. I didn’t think anything was wrong with it.
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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.
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You can hide from the devil, but he’ll always find you.
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My mom always told me that I could be anything I wanted to be. And I truly, actually believed it. And I fought.
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I can’t take it back. I can’t take anything back. So I don’t regret it.
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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.
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I went from the projects to a real house. It was a big difference.
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If we lose games, and I don’t score a lot, they gonna say I’m not scoring enough.
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You think I can be the MVP without practicing?
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This is the thing you dream about when you’re a kid, even before getting into the league.
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Coach’s voice will never leave my head as long as I live.
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I want to play basketball so bad.
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It was a great experience for me – the ups and downs – because I became a man in Philadelphia.
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My actions, right or wrong, there were people who supported me through this long, hard journey.
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I had a lot of growing up to do. A lot of times, I learned the hard way.
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Tattoos, cornrows, headbands, hip-hop. I never meant to start any trends. I got my butt kicked, but if that meant that the guys who came after me could be themselves, then it was worth it.
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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.
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I didn’t do this by myself, man. It was so many people, so many fans that came in there and cheered for me, night in and night out.
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I had to learn that some people are just not going to like you. I had to have thick skin when I would see what people would say or write about me.
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Man, people have been waiting for me to fall off my whole career. From the first time I stepped on the court. It probably made people sick to their stomachs watching my whole career, watching the things that I’ve done in my career.
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It was just the greatest feeling to see a kid with your shoes on.
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