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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.

Allen Iverson

My whole thing was being wanted and being accepted by a ball club. That was the most important thing to me.
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Acceptance Ball Important Myself
I used to say my biggest accomplishment was just getting drafted, whether it was the first pick or the 100th or whatever.
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Accomplishment Draft Myself
I am sick of defending myself, and I am not going to keep on doing it.
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Defend Myself Sick
Larry Brown molded me into an MVP and a Hall of Fame player.
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Coach Fame Player
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 didn’t take constructive criticism the way I should have. When I finally caught up to that, that’s when I went to being the MVP.
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Construction Criticism Myself
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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Media Realize Stand Yourself
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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Police Suspect Thinking Yourself
This is the thing you dream about when you’re a kid, even before getting into the league.
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Children Dreams League Yourself
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
If I’m not getting older and more mature at 31, then something’s wrong.
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Age Growth Mental Myself Time Wrong
I just feel this is my planet.
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Feeling Myself Planet
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 went from the projects to a real house. It was a big difference.
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Big Difference Home Project Reality
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.
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God Greatness Play Talent Wasted Time
Detroit was a bad situation for me.
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Bad Myself Situation

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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