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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.

Allen Iverson

At some point, it comes to an end regardless, however it comes, whether it is retirement or injury; at some point, it comes to an end.
ALLEN IVERSON

End Point Retirement
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.
ALLEN IVERSON

Culture Myself Time Understand Young
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.
ALLEN IVERSON

Believe Feeling Myself Play Trade
I had a lot of growing up to do. A lot of times, I learned the hard way.
ALLEN IVERSON

Growth Hard Time Learning Time
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.
ALLEN IVERSON

Bite Expression Greatness Love Media Myself Obvious Sound
Either you give in, or you fight. That’s all I know, being where I’m from. You fight for what you want. You go after what you want. The only thing I could do was give up or keep fighting for what I wanted in life.
ALLEN IVERSON

Dedication Determination Fight Life Myself Resilience
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
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.
ALLEN IVERSON

Myself Start Trend
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.
ALLEN IVERSON

Myself People Recognition Situation
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.
ALLEN IVERSON

Criticism Myself People Understand Young
This is like a tribute to them, the people who helped me to get here. The thing that makes me feel good about the whole thing is, the fans voted me here.
ALLEN IVERSON

Fans Feeling Help Myself People Vote
I have no regrets on anything. People ask me all the time, ‘Do I have any regrets?’ I don’t have any. If I could back and do it all over, would I change anything? No.
ALLEN IVERSON

Change Myself People Regret Time
I made a lot of mistakes. And obviously, it cost me.
ALLEN IVERSON

Cost Mistake Myself
Being in a fishbowl, everybody looking at every move you make, talking about everything you do – it’s just a hard life to live.
ALLEN IVERSON

Hard Time Live Talk Yourself
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.
ALLEN IVERSON

Career Help Himself Player
I failed, got back up. I failed, got back up.
ALLEN IVERSON

Failure Myself Try

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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