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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

I dressed like the guys who I grew up with. I looked like the guys I grew up with.
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Appearance Friendship Growth Myself
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
Personally I just want to win a championship.
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Champion Myself Personal Winning
I failed, got back up. I failed, got back up.
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Failure Myself Try
I surround myself with people who make me laugh.
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Laughter Myself People Surround
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
Just because you put a guy in a tuxedo doesn’t make him a good guy.
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Appearance Character 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
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
I made a lot of mistakes. And obviously, it cost me.
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Cost Mistake Myself
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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God Greatness Play Talent Wasted Time
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’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 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
Coach’s voice will never leave my head as long as I live.
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Leaving Live Myself Voice
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.
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Bite Expression Greatness Love Media Myself Obvious Sound
If I don’t believe it, then they don’t need me on the court. I’ve just got to believe that in my heart.
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Believe Heart Myself Need
Being older, I can’t imagine a parent not wanting to be in their kid’s life. I will just never understand it. To me, it’s priceless.
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Imagination Myself Old Parents Price Understand
I knew I was gonna be the number one pick, but I didn’t know.
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Belief Known 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 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
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 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
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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Believe Myself People Support
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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Feeling People Thinking Type Way
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
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

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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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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