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Allen Iverson

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 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.
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Learning Myself People See Skin Writing
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
It was just the greatest feeling to see a kid with your shoes on.
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Feeling Greatness See Shoes
I owe all of this to the guys I’ve played with and all the coaches that have helped me get to where I’m at right now. I’m honored to be here.
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Man Myself Play Right
I felt like I was better at football than I am in basketball.
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Better Feeling Myself
A negative Allen Iverson story is the greatest Allen Iverson story, for some reason.
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Negative Reason Story
We should because when coaches get fired, the players have a lot to do with it.
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Coach Fire Player
I went from the projects to a real house. It was a big difference.
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Big Difference Home Project Reality
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
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
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’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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Curse Father Friendship Gift Goodness Myself
I wasn’t afraid to be who I am. I didn’t think anything was wrong with it.
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Afraid Myself Thinking Wrong
Detroit was a bad situation for me.
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Bad Myself Situation
That’s the only thing that got me here is my teammates. My teammates and my coach. That’s the only reason I’m here.
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Myself Reason Team
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
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 knew I was gonna be the number one pick, but I didn’t know.
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Belief Known Myself
I didn’t take constructive criticism the way I should have. When I finally caught up to that, that’s when I went to being the MVP.
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Construction Criticism Myself
I am sick of defending myself, and I am not going to keep on doing it.
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Defend Myself Sick
I used to say my biggest accomplishment was just getting drafted, whether it was the first pick or the 100th or whatever.
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Accomplishment Draft Myself
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.
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Change Myself People Regret Time
I don’t have any problems with what these guys wear because they got their own style and their own originality. That’s the way it’s supposed to be, man.
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Man Myself Original Problem Style
I surround myself with people who make me laugh.
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Laughter Myself People Surround
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
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

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