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This is the thing you dream about when you're a kid, even before getting into the league.

Allen Iverson

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Allen Iverson
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: June 7
Basketball Player
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Allen Ezail Iverson
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My whole thing was, just being me. Now, you look around the NBA and all of them have tattoos, guys wearing cornrows. Now you see the police officers with the cornrows. I took a beating for those types of things.
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I just try to look into the mirror, and work on the things that I wasn't doing, and I made a promise to myself that after the season, I will look at the same mirror, and say that you did everything you could
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I just wanted to set a good example. I wanted to do things that I hadn't done before. My whole thing was to just try to be professional. I think when you work hard, good things happen, so obviously, because we're going to the Finals.
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I take everything I learned from the streets and put it in my NBA game.
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People try to start things with me because of who I am, and I know that means I have to stay away. Its definitely racial.
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I play every game like it's my last game. All that matters is that you go out there and play every game as if it was your last.
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I've always said, just go ask my teammates if you want to know about me. Go ask the guys that I've played with. Don't ask or get information about me from people who are not in the locker room or not around me all of the time. Then you'll get legit answers.
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I want to return to the NBA this season, and help any team that wants me, in any capacity that they feel that I can help. I'm disappointed.
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When I was young, everyone laughed at me when I said that I wanted to be a professional basketball player...now it's my turn to laugh.
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When you are not practicing, someone else is getting better.
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I thought we'd be discussing about me not leaving Philadelphia and they just kept asking me about the practice, so I lost it.
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You know, I've always told him (Larry Brown) I wanted the relationship that Michael Jackson... Michael Jordan, I'm sorry. ... I wanted the same relationship with him like Phil Jackson and Michael Jordan had.
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I dont want to be a point guard, or a two-guard, I want people to think of me as creative, I just want to create on the court.
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How the hell can I make my teammates better by practicing?!
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I don’t even have money for a cheeseburger!
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I love you Philadelphia. I want to thank you for accepting me, and letting me be me and make this my home forever.
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One of the things you have to learn is that you don't have to have the ball all the time to be effective.
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When I was a little kid I used to go on the playground and say: today I will shoot like Bird, pass like Magic, jump like Mike, be quick like Zeke. I am thankful to them, since without seeing them do things they did, I wouldn't be in the NBA.
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