When you lose, there is a whole bunch of room for negativity and I don’t feed into this stuff and I do not do any talking. I don’t run my mouth.
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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I made a lot of mistakes. And obviously, it cost me.
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I am sick of defending myself, and I am not going to keep on doing it.
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Just because you put a guy in a tuxedo doesn’t make him a good guy.
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My mom always told me that I could be anything I wanted to be. And I truly, actually believed it. And I fought.
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I dressed like the guys who I grew up with. I looked like the guys I grew up with.
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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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It was a blessing just to play one NBA basketball game.
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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 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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If you’re from Virginia, then you know some white people from Poquoson don’t like black people.
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This is the thing you dream about when you’re a kid, even before getting into the league.
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It was just the greatest feeling to see a kid with your shoes on.
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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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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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Coach’s voice will never leave my head as long as I live.
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