If I’m not getting older and more mature at 31, then something’s wrong.
ALLEN IVERSONTattoos, 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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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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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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Don’t nobody wanna talk about or hear about somebody donating money to a charity. You wanna hear about what Bin Laden is doing and what you think is on his mind.
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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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I went from the projects to a real house. It was a big difference.
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Everybody is their own person.
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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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When you are not practicing, someone else is getting better.
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I don’t feel no type of way. I just understand that He helped me accomplish a lot of things in the NBA. I’ve done so many things that people thought that I couldn’t do.
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I had a lot of growing up to do. A lot of times, I learned the hard way.
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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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I wasn’t afraid to be who I am. I didn’t think anything was wrong with it.
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Being in a fishbowl, everybody looking at every move you make, talking about everything you do – it’s just a hard life to live.
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Just because you put a guy in a tuxedo doesn’t make him a good guy.
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Sometimes it used to hurt so bad when people used to say stuff about me. It still does. But I’m at a level now that I’m like, ‘I ain’t surprised that they said this or that about me.’
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