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

Allen Iverson

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.
ALLEN IVERSON

Cheer Man Myself People
I’ve accomplished so many things in basketball. I financially secured my kids’ life and their future. I’m just happy. I’m just blessed. So anything that I’m not awarded doesn’t matter because I’ve been rewarded enough in this lifetime.
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Accomplishment Blessing Enough Future Myself Reward Time
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 knew I was gonna be the number one pick, but I didn’t know.
ALLEN IVERSON

Belief Known Myself
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 IVERSON

Learning Myself People See Skin Writing
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
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
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
Coach’s voice will never leave my head as long as I live.
ALLEN IVERSON

Leaving Live Myself Voice
It was a blessing just to play one NBA basketball game.
ALLEN IVERSON

Blessing Game Play
If that many people recognize how hard I go every night and what I put into my game, to make myself and my team better, it means a lot to me. I’m fortunate; I’m blessed to be in the situation that I’m in right now.
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Myself People Recognition Situation
My dream was bigger than anything else. My fight and me wanting to fulfill what I wanted to be in life. That was enough to keep me strong enough to endure anything.
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Big Dreams Endurance Fulfill Myself Strong
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 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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Game Lose Myself Score Winning
If I’m not getting older and more mature at 31, then something’s wrong.
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Age Growth Mental Myself Time Wrong
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

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