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Everybody talks about that one when they first meet me. ‘Man, I still remember the play you shook Jordan.’ Everybody gonna always remember it because it was Jordan.

Allen Iverson

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
I wasn’t a point guard. I was a killer.
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Guard Myself Point
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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Acceptance Ball Important Myself
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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Media Realize Stand Yourself
All my tattoos are tattoos that I wanted to get, but I couldn’t afford.
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Afford Design Myself Tattoos
Personally I just want to win a championship.
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Champion Myself Personal Winning
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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Block Evidence Life Live Yourself
Being in a fishbowl, everybody looking at every move you make, talking about everything you do – it’s just a hard life to live.
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Hard Time Live Talk Yourself
God gave me all this; why waste the talent that he gave me? Why not go full throttle with it all and try to become in the class with the greatest players that ever played the game? That’s just a great feeling.
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God Greatness Play Talent Wasted Time
I want to play basketball so bad.
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Bad Myself Play
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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Believe Myself People Support
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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Care Defend Myself People Time
If you’re from Virginia, then you know some white people from Poquoson don’t like black people.
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Black Discrimination Hate People Race White
If I don’t believe it, then they don’t need me on the court. I’ve just got to believe that in my heart.
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Believe Heart Myself Need
This is the thing you dream about when you’re a kid, even before getting into the league.
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Children Dreams League Yourself
I didn’t do this by myself, man. It was so many people, so many fans that came in there and cheered for me, night in and night out.
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Cheer Man Myself People
I gave everything I had to basketball. The passion is still there, but the desire to play is not. It was a great ride.
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Dedication Desire Greatness Myself Play Ride Sports
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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Change Myself People Regret Time
I owe all of this to the guys I’ve played with and all the coaches that have helped me get to where I’m at right now. I’m honored to be here.
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Man Myself Play Right
Larry Brown molded me into an MVP and a Hall of Fame player.
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Coach Fame Player
I don’t have any problems with what these guys wear because they got their own style and their own originality. That’s the way it’s supposed to be, man.
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Man Myself Original Problem Style
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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Believe Inspirational Mom Motivational Myself
I had a lot of growing up to do. A lot of times, I learned the hard way.
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Growth Hard Time Learning Time
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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Accomplishment Draft Myself
Obviously, if I could go back and change anything, I would be a perfect man. And I know there’s no perfect man.
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Change Man Myself Past Perfection
You used to think the suspect was the guy with the cornrows; now you see the police officers with the cornrows.
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Police Suspect Thinking Yourself
It was just the greatest feeling to see a kid with your shoes on.
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Feeling Greatness See Shoes

Everybody talks about that one when they first meet me. ‘Man, I still remember the play you shook Jordan.’ Everybody gonna always remember it because it was Jordan.

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