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I had a lot of growing up to do. A lot of times, I learned the hard way.

Allen Iverson

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Allen Iverson
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: June 7
Basketball Player
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Hampton
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Allen Ezail Iverson
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We talkin' about practice?
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I love my fans in Philadelphia, but this is the hardest place in the world to play in. And I think it's the hardest place to play in to be a superstar. Just to be the No. 1 guy. All eyes on you - because everybody wants you to be perfect, but not themselves.
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You can put a murderer in a suit, and hes still a murderer.
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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 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 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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When you are not practicing, someone else is getting better.
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When you lose, there is a whole bunch of room for negativity and I don't feed into this stuff and I do not do any talking. I don't run my mouth.
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I don’t even have money for a cheeseburger!
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Mistakes happen. But after a while you've got to stop making them happen twice.
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Everything comes back around. You never thought Louis Vuitton and Gucci and all that other stuff would come back. You know what I mean? And now it's one of the highest brands there is out. Everything just comes right back into circulation. Baggy jeans might come back out again. Might be a while, but they might.
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