I want to thank coach Thompson, for saving my life. For giving me the opportunity.
ALLEN IVERSONComing into the league, if I would’ve had money, then obviously I would’ve had more tattoos.
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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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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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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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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.
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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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I wasn’t a point guard. I was a killer.
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A negative Allen Iverson story is the greatest Allen Iverson story, for some reason.
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I dressed like the guys who I grew up with. I looked like the guys I grew up with.
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I failed, got back up. I failed, got back up.
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Personally I just want to win a championship.
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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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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.’
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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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Detroit was a bad situation for me.
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I want to play basketball so bad.
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