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Allen Iverson

My whole thing was being wanted and being accepted by a ball club. That was the most important thing to me.
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Acceptance Ball Important Myself
I don’t really care too much about what people who don’t care about me say about me, but a lot of times, you know, I get tired of defending myself.
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Care Defend Myself People Time
If we lose games, and I don’t score a lot, they gonna say I’m not scoring enough.
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Enough Game Lose Myself Score
I felt like I was better at football than I am in basketball.
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Better Feeling 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
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
I went from the projects to a real house. It was a big difference.
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Big Difference Home Project Reality
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.
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Fans Feeling Help Myself People Vote
Personally I just want to win a championship.
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Champion Myself Personal Winning
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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Cheer Man Myself People
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
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
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.
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End Point Retirement
It was a blessing just to play one NBA basketball game.
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Blessing Game Play
Everybody talks about that one when they first meet me. ‘Man, I still remember the play you shook Jordan.’ Everybody gonna always remember it because it was Jordan.
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Myself Play Remember
I want to thank coach Thompson, for saving my life. For giving me the opportunity.
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Coach Gratitude Myself Opportunity Thankful
Guys is supposed to be able to be original and dress like how they want to dress. The NBA can’t dress no grown man.
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Grown Man Original
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
Man, people have been waiting for me to fall off my whole career. From the first time I stepped on the court. It probably made people sick to their stomachs watching my whole career, watching the things that I’ve done in my career.
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Career Myself People Watch
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
Coming into the league, if I would’ve had money, then obviously I would’ve had more tattoos.
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League Money Myself
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
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
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
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
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.
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Dedication Determination Fight Life Myself Resilience
Larry Brown molded me into an MVP and a Hall of Fame player.
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Coach Fame Player

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