I used to say my biggest accomplishment was just getting drafted, whether it was the first pick or the 100th or whatever.
ALLEN IVERSONLarry Brown molded me into an MVP and a Hall of Fame player.
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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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A negative Allen Iverson story is the greatest Allen Iverson story, for some reason.
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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 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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I wasn’t a point guard. I was a killer.
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All my tattoos are tattoos that I wanted to get, but I couldn’t afford.
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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 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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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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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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Just because you put a guy in a tuxedo doesn’t make him a good guy.
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I couldn’t have accomplished the things in my career if I didn’t practice, and the worst part about that whole thing is when a kid comes up to me and says ‘Allen, I don’t like practice, either.’ I’ve got to straighten that kid right then.
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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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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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I want to play basketball so bad.
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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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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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I felt like I was better at football than I am in basketball.
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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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I just want kids all over the world to know you have to practice to be any good in this game; it’s too hard.
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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 think a lot of times, when people who get a chance to meet me and be around me, they understand that I’m not the person that the media make me out to be.
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I don’t want to just go to the playoffs, I don’t want to go to the playoffs and win the first round, second round, and not win the whole thing because it’s bittersweet.
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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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You think I can be the MVP without practicing?
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Personally I just want to win a championship.
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