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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.

Allen Iverson

My whole thing was being wanted and being accepted by a ball club. That was the most important thing to me.
ALLEN IVERSON

Acceptance Ball Important Myself
I wanted my fans and my family and my friends to be proud of me.
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Family Friendship Myself Proud
He’s helped me do so much in my career, helped me be the player that I am. If there’s no Larry Brown, then there’s no MVP, Allen Iverson.
ALLEN IVERSON

Career Help Himself Player
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.
ALLEN IVERSON

Accomplishment Career Myself Practice Worst
If I’m not getting older and more mature at 31, then something’s wrong.
ALLEN IVERSON

Age Growth Mental Myself Time Wrong
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 understand that there’s going to be some ups, there’s going to be some downs.
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Hard Time Life Understand
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
Everybody is their own person.
ALLEN IVERSON

One Liner Person
At some point, it comes to an end regardless, however it comes, whether it is retirement or injury; at some point, it comes to an end.
ALLEN IVERSON

End Point Retirement
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.
ALLEN IVERSON

Dedication Determination Fight Life Myself Resilience
You used to think the suspect was the guy with the cornrows; now you see the police officers with the cornrows.
ALLEN IVERSON

Police Suspect Thinking Yourself
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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Believe Inspirational Mom Motivational Myself
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.
ALLEN IVERSON

Myself Play Round Win
If that many people recognize how hard I go every night and what I put into my game, to make myself and my team better, it means a lot to me. I’m fortunate; I’m blessed to be in the situation that I’m in right now.
ALLEN IVERSON

Myself People Recognition Situation
I felt like I was better at football than I am in basketball.
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Better Feeling 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 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
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.
ALLEN IVERSON

Believe Myself People Support
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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Children Game Hard Time Practice World
Personally I just want to win a championship.
ALLEN IVERSON

Champion Myself Personal Winning
I knew I was gonna be the number one pick, but I didn’t know.
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Belief Known Myself
At times, I might have been too young; I might have been too naive at times and didn’t understand who I really was to a whole culture.
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Culture Myself Time Understand Young
I’m not going to be the same as I was when I’ve made so many bad mistakes.
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Mistake Myself
If you’re from Virginia, then you know some white people from Poquoson don’t like black people.
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Black Discrimination Hate People Race White
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.
ALLEN IVERSON

Children Dreams League Yourself

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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