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I made a lot of mistakes. And obviously, it cost me.

Allen Iverson

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
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
I wasn’t a point guard. I was a killer.
ALLEN IVERSON

Guard Myself Point
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.
ALLEN IVERSON

Chance Myself People Thinking Understand
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.
ALLEN IVERSON

Culture Myself Time Understand Young
Detroit was a bad situation for me.
ALLEN IVERSON

Bad Myself Situation
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.
ALLEN IVERSON

Bite Expression Greatness Love Media Myself Obvious Sound
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 used to say my biggest accomplishment was just getting drafted, whether it was the first pick or the 100th or whatever.
ALLEN IVERSON

Accomplishment Draft Myself
Just because you put a guy in a tuxedo doesn’t make him a good guy.
ALLEN IVERSON

Appearance Character Myself
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
I want to thank coach Thompson, for saving my life. For giving me the opportunity.
ALLEN IVERSON

Coach Gratitude Myself Opportunity Thankful
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.
ALLEN IVERSON

Construction Criticism Myself
I wanted my fans and my family and my friends to be proud of me.
ALLEN IVERSON

Family Friendship Myself Proud
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.
ALLEN IVERSON

Criticism Myself People Understand Young
I failed, got back up. I failed, got back up.
ALLEN IVERSON

Failure Myself Try

I made a lot of mistakes. And obviously, it cost me.

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