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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.

Allen Iverson

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

Afraid Myself Thinking Wrong
A negative Allen Iverson story is the greatest Allen Iverson story, for some reason.
ALLEN IVERSON

Negative Reason Story
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
I had a lot of growing up to do. A lot of times, I learned the hard way.
ALLEN IVERSON

Growth Hard Time Learning Time
I made a lot of mistakes. And obviously, it cost me.
ALLEN IVERSON

Cost Mistake Myself
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
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
Either you give in, or you fight. That’s all I know, being where I’m from. You fight for what you want. You go after what you want. The only thing I could do was give up or keep fighting for what I wanted in life.
ALLEN IVERSON

Dedication Determination Fight Life Myself Resilience
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
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.
ALLEN IVERSON

End Point Retirement
Coming into the league, if I would’ve had money, then obviously I would’ve had more tattoos.
ALLEN IVERSON

League Money Myself
I’m not going to be the same as I was when I’ve made so many bad mistakes.
ALLEN IVERSON

Mistake Myself
If that many people recognize how hard I go every night and what I put into my game, to make myself and my team better, it means a lot to me. I’m fortunate; I’m blessed to be in the situation that I’m in right now.
ALLEN IVERSON

Myself People Recognition Situation
I knew I was gonna be the number one pick, but I didn’t know.
ALLEN IVERSON

Belief Known Myself
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.
ALLEN IVERSON

Learning Myself People See Skin Writing
I gotta win games. Because if we lose games, and I score a lot, they going to say I’m scorin’ too much.
ALLEN IVERSON

Game Lose Myself Score Winning

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