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It was a great experience for me – the ups and downs – because I became a man in Philadelphia.

Allen Iverson

Detroit was a bad situation for me.
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Bad Myself Situation
I dressed like the guys who I grew up with. I looked like the guys I grew up with.
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Appearance Friendship Growth Myself
I surround myself with people who make me laugh.
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Laughter Myself People Surround
It was just the greatest feeling to see a kid with your shoes on.
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Feeling Greatness See Shoes
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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Aware Donation Money Scholarship
I make all that money and it ain’t enough. I gotta make more to help all the people around me.
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Enough Money Myself People
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
It was a blessing just to play one NBA basketball game.
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Blessing Game Play
All my tattoos are tattoos that I wanted to get, but I couldn’t afford.
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Afford Design Myself Tattoos
Larry Brown molded me into an MVP and a Hall of Fame player.
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Coach Fame Player
I gave everything I had to basketball. The passion is still there, but the desire to play is not. It was a great ride.
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Dedication Desire Greatness Myself Play Ride Sports
My actions, right or wrong, there were people who supported me through this long, hard journey.
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Action Hard Time Journey Myself Right Support
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
You used to think the suspect was the guy with the cornrows; now you see the police officers with the cornrows.
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Police Suspect Thinking Yourself
I don’t want to just go to the playoffs, I don’t want to go to the playoffs and win the first round, second round, and not win the whole thing because it’s bittersweet.
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Myself Play Round Win
A negative Allen Iverson story is the greatest Allen Iverson story, for some reason.
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Negative Reason Story

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