If I’m not getting older and more mature at 31, then something’s wrong.
ALLEN IVERSONI 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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I am sick of defending myself, and I am not going to keep on doing it.
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LeBron ain’t got none of my game, but his heart is all mine.
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I dressed like the guys who I grew up with. I looked like the guys I grew up with.
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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 wasn’t a point guard. I was a killer.
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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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It was a great experience for me – the ups and downs – because I became a man in Philadelphia.
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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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People and what they say don’t bother me like they used to. When I was younger, I really couldn’t take it because I couldn’t understand where the criticism was coming from.
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My actions, right or wrong, there were people who supported me through this long, hard journey.
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Personally I just want to win a championship.
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It was just the greatest feeling to see a kid with your shoes on.
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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.’
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Coming into the league, if I would’ve had money, then obviously I would’ve had more tattoos.
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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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So many people supported me and believed in me. They made it so easy for me to believe in myself, because I didn’t want to let them down.
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That’s the only thing that got me here is my teammates. My teammates and my coach. That’s the only reason I’m here.
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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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I wanted my fans and my family and my friends to be proud of me.
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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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I don’t feel no type of way. I just understand that He helped me accomplish a lot of things in the NBA. I’ve done so many things that people thought that I couldn’t do.
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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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This is the thing you dream about when you’re a kid, even before getting into the league.
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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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We should because when coaches get fired, the players have a lot to do with it.
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