Detroit was a bad situation for me.
ALLEN IVERSONI 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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I gotta win games. Because if we lose games, and I score a lot, they going to say I’m scorin’ too much.
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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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Larry Brown molded me into an MVP and a Hall of Fame player.
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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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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 am sick of defending myself, and I am not going to keep on doing it.
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Just understand that there’s going to be some ups, there’s going to be some downs.
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You can hide from the devil, but he’ll always find you.
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You hit road blocks in life, but I’m living proof that you can overcome those road blocks and become what you want to become.
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I felt like I was better at football than I am in basketball.
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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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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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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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I want to play basketball so bad.
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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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I don’t care. I feel like if we don’t make a trade, we have to get it done with what we’ve got.
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It was a great experience for me – the ups and downs – because I became a man in Philadelphia.
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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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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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My actions, right or wrong, there were people who supported me through this long, hard journey.
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You gotta do what you gotta do. And I had to figure that out, and I used to – I couldn’t stand the media, but I realized they have a job. They gotta do what they have to do.
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I wanted my fans and my family and my friends to be proud of me.
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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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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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All my tattoos are tattoos that I wanted to get, but I couldn’t afford.
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If I’m not getting older and more mature at 31, then something’s wrong.
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