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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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Allen Iverson
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: June 7
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I wasn't a bad guy. I just wanted God to give me a second chance.
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I gave everything I had to basketball. The passion is still there but the desire to play is not. It was a great ride.
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My whole thing is, if you love me, then love me. If you don't, then believe what you hear and run with that.
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It's unfair because the people booing, I believe, wouldn't want to have their child booed. Fans don't understand our lives and what we go through. They don't look at us as humans. We love the fans because they support and love the game, but at the same time it hurts when they turn their back on us.
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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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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 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've been in Philadelphia 10 years, man. I knew it was going to be a challenge, mentally. I always thought life would come to an end if I ever left Philadelphia. And I feel like a newborn. Being in Denver it's just a better situation for me. And I'm just happy that I feel like I got an opportunity where I can win basketball games here.
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If I don't believe it, then they don't need me on the court. I've just got to believe that in my heart.
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If that many people recognize how hard I go every night and what I put into my game, to make myself and my team better, it means a lot to mean. I'm fortunate I'm blessed to be in the situation that I'm in right now.
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How the hell can I make my teammates better by practicing?!
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Believe me, I am not even that brave enough to miss that many practices.
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There's nothing less than that. I don't care about just going to the playoffs I've been to the playoffs before.
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