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I wasn’t afraid to be who I am. I didn’t think anything was wrong with it.

Allen Iverson

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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Chance Myself People Thinking Understand
It was a blessing just to play one NBA basketball game.
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Blessing Game Play
I went from the projects to a real house. It was a big difference.
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Big Difference Home Project Reality
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.
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End Point Retirement
I had a lot of growing up to do. A lot of times, I learned the hard way.
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Growth Hard Time Learning Time
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
We should because when coaches get fired, the players have a lot to do with it.
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Coach Fire Player
Detroit was a bad situation for me.
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Bad Myself Situation
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 made a lot of mistakes. And obviously, it cost me.
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Cost Mistake Myself
I wasn’t afraid to be who I am. I didn’t think anything was wrong with it.
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Afraid Myself Thinking Wrong
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
Larry Brown molded me into an MVP and a Hall of Fame player.
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Coach Fame Player
It was a great experience for me – the ups and downs – because I became a man in Philadelphia.
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Experience Greatness Hard Time
I believe that whatever we have, regardless of a trade being done or not, I feel we have a shot. I’ve just got to believe that we’re going to be all right. I’ve got to just play basketball.
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Believe Feeling Myself Play Trade
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
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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Accomplishment Career Myself Practice Worst
This is like a tribute to them, the people who helped me to get here. The thing that makes me feel good about the whole thing is, the fans voted me here.
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Fans Feeling Help Myself People Vote
I had to learn that some people are just not going to like you. I had to have thick skin when I would see what people would say or write about me.
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Learning Myself People See Skin Writing
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’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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Accomplishment Blessing Enough Future Myself Reward Time
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 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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Game Lose Myself Score Winning
I felt like I was better at football than I am in basketball.
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Better Feeling Myself
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 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
You can hide from the devil, but he’ll always find you.
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Devil Finding Hide Himself

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