I’m not going to be the same as I was when I’ve made so many bad mistakes.
ALLEN IVERSONI 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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Man, people have been waiting for me to fall off my whole career. From the first time I stepped on the court. It probably made people sick to their stomachs watching my whole career, watching the things that I’ve done in my career.
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As far as how I expressed ‘practice, practice, practice’ over and over again, I wouldn’t take that back because, obviously, that sound bite is great for the media and for the fans, because they love it.
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Everybody is their own person.
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If we lose games, and I don’t score a lot, they gonna say I’m not scoring enough.
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You used to think the suspect was the guy with the cornrows; now you see the police officers with the cornrows.
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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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When you lose, there is a whole bunch of room for negativity and I don’t feed into this stuff and I do not do any talking. I don’t run my mouth.
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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.
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I can’t take it back. I can’t take anything back. So I don’t regret it.
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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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Obviously, if I could go back and change anything, I would be a perfect man. And I know there’s no perfect man.
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It was a blessing just to play one NBA basketball game.
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When you are not practicing, someone else is getting better.
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Coming into the league, if I would’ve had money, then obviously I would’ve had more tattoos.
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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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