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.
ALLEN IVERSONYou 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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I wanted my fans and my family and my friends to be proud of me.
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I surround myself with people who make me laugh.
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If I’m not getting older and more mature at 31, then something’s wrong.
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I wasn’t a point guard. I was a killer.
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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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If we lose games, and I don’t score a lot, they gonna say I’m not scoring enough.
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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 don’t care. I feel like if we don’t make a trade, we have to get it done with what we’ve got.
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I’m not going to be the same as I was when I’ve made so many bad mistakes.
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I’m a father; I’m a friend. I think I’ve got the biggest heart in the world. A lot of times, that’s not a good thing. It’s a gift and a curse.
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I believe that whatever we have, regardless of a trade being done or not, I feel we have a shot. I’ve just got to believe that we’re going to be all right. I’ve got to just play basketball.
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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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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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I went from the projects to a real house. It was a big difference.
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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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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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I knew I was gonna be the number one pick, but I didn’t know.
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Don’t nobody wanna talk about or hear about somebody donating money to a charity. You wanna hear about what Bin Laden is doing and what you think is on his mind.
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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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You can hide from the devil, but he’ll always find you.
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He’s helped me do so much in my career, helped me be the player that I am. If there’s no Larry Brown, then there’s no MVP, Allen Iverson.
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I failed, got back up. I failed, got back up.
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My actions, right or wrong, there were people who supported me through this long, hard journey.
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When you lose, there is a whole bunch of room for negativity and I don’t feed into this stuff and I do not do any talking. I don’t run my mouth.
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I made a lot of mistakes. And obviously, it cost me.
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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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