I used to say my biggest accomplishment was just getting drafted, whether it was the first pick or the 100th or whatever.
ALLEN IVERSONMy 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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Detroit was a bad situation for me.
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I don’t care. I feel like if we don’t make a trade, we have to get it done with what we’ve got.
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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.
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Don’t nobody wanna talk about or hear about somebody donating money to a charity. You wanna hear about what Bin Laden is doing and what you think is on his mind.
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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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My dream was bigger than anything else. My fight and me wanting to fulfill what I wanted to be in life. That was enough to keep me strong enough to endure anything.
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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.
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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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When you are not practicing, someone else is getting better.
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I’m not going to be the same as I was when I’ve made so many bad mistakes.
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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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LeBron ain’t got none of my game, but his heart is all mine.
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It was just the greatest feeling to see a kid with your shoes on.
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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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