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.
ALLEN IVERSONEverybody 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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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.
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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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I made a lot of mistakes. And obviously, it cost me.
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I surround myself with people who make me laugh.
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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 had a lot of growing up to do. A lot of times, I learned the hard way.
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I don’t want to just go to the playoffs, I don’t want to go to the playoffs and win the first round, second round, and not win the whole thing because it’s bittersweet.
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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.
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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 am sick of defending myself, and I am not going to keep on doing it.
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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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I’m a father; I’m a friend. I think I’ve got the biggest heart in the world. A lot of times, that’s not a good thing. It’s a gift and a curse.
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If I’m not getting older and more mature at 31, then something’s wrong.
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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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