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I gotta win games. Because if we lose games, and I score a lot, they going to say I’m scorin’ too much.

Allen Iverson

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.
ALLEN IVERSON

Media Realize Stand Yourself
I went from the projects to a real house. It was a big difference.
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Big Difference Home Project Reality
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
I had a lot of growing up to do. A lot of times, I learned the hard way.
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Growth Hard Time Learning Time
I knew I was gonna be the number one pick, but I didn’t know.
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Belief Known Myself
Being older, I can’t imagine a parent not wanting to be in their kid’s life. I will just never understand it. To me, it’s priceless.
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Imagination Myself Old Parents Price Understand
I wish there was a season where I was playing and didn’t have no aches, no pains, no bruises, no nothing.
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Bruise Myself Pain Play Season
Everybody is their own person.
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One Liner Person
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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Learning Myself People See Skin Writing
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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Construction Criticism Myself
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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Criticism Myself People Understand Young
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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Myself Start Trend
I failed, got back up. I failed, got back up.
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Failure Myself Try
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 the thing you dream about when you’re a kid, even before getting into the league.
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Children Dreams League Yourself
At times, I might have been too young; I might have been too naive at times and didn’t understand who I really was to a whole culture.
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Culture Myself Time Understand Young

I gotta win games. Because if we lose games, and I score a lot, they going to say I’m scorin’ too much.

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I gotta win games. Because if we lose games, and I score a lot, they going to say I’m scorin’ too much.

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