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Just understand that there’s going to be some ups, there’s going to be some downs.

Allen Iverson

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
I wanted my fans and my family and my friends to be proud of me.
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Family Friendship Myself Proud
It was a blessing just to play one NBA basketball game.
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Blessing Game Play
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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Criticism Myself People Understand Young
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
All my tattoos are tattoos that I wanted to get, but I couldn’t afford.
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Afford Design Myself Tattoos
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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Game Lose Myself Score Winning
Detroit was a bad situation for me.
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Bad Myself Situation
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
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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Aware Donation Money Scholarship
Larry Brown molded me into an MVP and a Hall of Fame player.
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Coach Fame Player
I couldn’t have accomplished the things in my career if I didn’t practice, and the worst part about that whole thing is when a kid comes up to me and says ‘Allen, I don’t like practice, either.’ I’ve got to straighten that kid right then.
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Accomplishment Career Myself Practice Worst
A negative Allen Iverson story is the greatest Allen Iverson story, for some reason.
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Negative Reason Story
It was just the greatest feeling to see a kid with your shoes on.
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Feeling Greatness See Shoes
LeBron ain’t got none of my game, but his heart is all mine.
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Game Heart Myself
It was a great experience for me – the ups and downs – because I became a man in Philadelphia.
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Experience Greatness Hard Time

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