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Allen Iverson

Larry Brown molded me into an MVP and a Hall of Fame player.
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Coach Fame Player
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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Chance Myself People Thinking Understand
A negative Allen Iverson story is the greatest Allen Iverson story, for some reason.
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Negative Reason Story
As far as how I expressed ‘practice, practice, practice’ over and over again, I wouldn’t take that back because, obviously, that sound bite is great for the media and for the fans, because they love it.
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Bite Expression Greatness Love Media Myself Obvious Sound
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.
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Fans Feeling Help Myself People Vote
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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Accomplishment Career Myself Practice Worst
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.
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God Greatness Play Talent Wasted Time
I went from the projects to a real house. It was a big difference.
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Big Difference Home Project Reality
If I don’t believe it, then they don’t need me on the court. I’ve just got to believe that in my heart.
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Believe Heart Myself Need
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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Block Evidence Life Live Yourself
You gotta do what you gotta do. And I had to figure that out, and I used to – I couldn’t stand the media, but I realized they have a job. They gotta do what they have to do.
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Media Realize Stand Yourself
It was a great experience for me – the ups and downs – because I became a man in Philadelphia.
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Experience Greatness Hard Time
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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Believe Inspirational Mom Motivational Myself
Just understand that there’s going to be some ups, there’s going to be some downs.
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Hard Time Life Understand
If you’re from Virginia, then you know some white people from Poquoson don’t like black people.
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Black Discrimination Hate People Race White
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.
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Care Defend Myself People Time

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