It was a great experience for me – the ups and downs – because I became a man in Philadelphia.
ALLEN IVERSONBeing 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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Everybody is their own person.
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Just understand that there’s going to be some ups, there’s going to be some downs.
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This is the thing you dream about when you’re a kid, even before getting into the league.
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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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Coach’s voice will never leave my head as long as I live.
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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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This is like a tribute to them, the people who helped me to get here. The thing that makes me feel good about the whole thing is, the fans voted me here.
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All my tattoos are tattoos that I wanted to get, but I couldn’t afford.
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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 want to thank coach Thompson, for saving my life. For giving me the opportunity.
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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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Just because you put a guy in a tuxedo doesn’t make him a good guy.
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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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I want to play basketball so bad.
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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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