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 IVERSONI 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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I made a lot of mistakes. And obviously, it cost me.
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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.
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I don’t really care too much about what people who don’t care about me say about me, but a lot of times, you know, I get tired of defending myself.
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It was a blessing just to play one NBA basketball game.
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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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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.
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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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It was a great experience for me – the ups and downs – because I became a man in Philadelphia.
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I have no regrets on anything. People ask me all the time, ‘Do I have any regrets?’ I don’t have any. If I could back and do it all over, would I change anything? No.
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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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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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I just want kids all over the world to know you have to practice to be any good in this game; it’s too hard.
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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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My actions, right or wrong, there were people who supported me through this long, hard journey.
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If I’m not getting older and more mature at 31, then something’s wrong.
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I just feel this is my planet.
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I gotta win games. Because if we lose games, and I score a lot, they going to say I’m scorin’ too much.
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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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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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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 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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Coming into the league, if I would’ve had money, then obviously I would’ve had more tattoos.
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I believe that whatever we have, regardless of a trade being done or not, I feel we have a shot. I’ve just got to believe that we’re going to be all right. I’ve got to just play basketball.
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I wasn’t a point guard. I was a killer.
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Being older, I can’t imagine a parent not wanting to be in their kid’s life. I will just never understand it. To me, it’s priceless.
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I wish there was a season where I was playing and didn’t have no aches, no pains, no bruises, no nothing.
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