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I went from the projects to a real house. It was a big difference.

Allen Iverson

LeBron ain’t got none of my game, but his heart is all mine.
ALLEN IVERSON

Game Heart Myself
It was a blessing just to play one NBA basketball game.
ALLEN IVERSON

Blessing Game Play
We should because when coaches get fired, the players have a lot to do with it.
ALLEN IVERSON

Coach Fire Player
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
It was just the greatest feeling to see a kid with your shoes on.
ALLEN IVERSON

Feeling Greatness See Shoes
Being in a fishbowl, everybody looking at every move you make, talking about everything you do – it’s just a hard life to live.
ALLEN IVERSON

Hard Time Live Talk Yourself
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
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.
ALLEN IVERSON

Aware Donation Money Scholarship
Guys is supposed to be able to be original and dress like how they want to dress. The NBA can’t dress no grown man.
ALLEN IVERSON

Grown Man Original
Sometimes it used to hurt so bad when people used to say stuff about me. It still does. But I’m at a level now that I’m like, ‘I ain’t surprised that they said this or that about me.’
ALLEN IVERSON

Bad Hurt Level Myself People Surprise
A negative Allen Iverson story is the greatest Allen Iverson story, for some reason.
ALLEN IVERSON

Negative Reason Story
I gave everything I had to basketball. The passion is still there, but the desire to play is not. It was a great ride.
ALLEN IVERSON

Dedication Desire Greatness Myself Play Ride Sports
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

Myself Start Trend
If you’re from Virginia, then you know some white people from Poquoson don’t like black people.
ALLEN IVERSON

Black Discrimination Hate People Race White
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.
ALLEN IVERSON

God Greatness Play Talent Wasted Time
Obviously, if I could go back and change anything, I would be a perfect man. And I know there’s no perfect man.
ALLEN IVERSON

Change Man Myself Past Perfection

I went from the projects to a real house. It was a big difference.

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