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" My dream was bigger than anything else. My fight and me wanting to fulfill what I wanted to be in life. That was enough to keep me strong enough to endure anything. "

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" My actions, right or wrong, there were people who supported me through this long, hard journey. "

" You can hide from the devil, but he'll always find you. "

" I don't care. I feel like if we don't make a trade, we have to get it done with what we've got. "

" Guys is supposed to be able to be original and dress like how they want to dress. The NBA can't dress no grown man. "

" I failed, got back up. I failed, got back up. "

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" I didn't take constructive criticism the way I should have. When I finally caught up to that, that's when I went to being the MVP. "

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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. "

" Just because you put a guy in a tuxedo doesn't make him a good guy. "

" I surround myself with people who make me laugh. "

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" I wasn't a point guard. I was a killer. "

" I can't take it back. I can't take anything back. So I don't regret it. "

" Obviously, if I could go back and change anything, I would be a perfect man. And I know there's no perfect man. "

" Man, I'm 31 years old and a husband with four kids; I hope I'm no thug. I hear all those negative things and don't hear anything positive. I think that's all those people feel... that way that's all they hear about when you hear Allen Iverson did something negative or something. "

" You hit road blocks in life, but I'm living proof that you can overcome those road blocks and become what you want to become. "

" I just feel this is my planet. "

" Coming into the league, if I would've had money, then obviously I would've had more tattoos. "

" 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. "

" I wasn't afraid to be who I am. I didn't think anything was wrong with it. "

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" Tattoos, cornrows, headbands, hip-hop. I never meant to start any trends. I got my butt kicked, but if that meant that the guys who came after me could be themselves, then it was worth it. "

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" I had to learn that some people are just not going to like you. I had to have thick skin when I would see what people would say or write about me. "

" Either you give in, or you fight. That's all I know, being where I'm from. You fight for what you want. You go after what you want. The only thing I could do was give up or keep fighting for what I wanted in life. "

" Me and my family are straight. I am blessed. I am alive, man, and I am healthy, and that is the only thing that matters. Me and my family, everybody else, it really doesn't matter because why do you care about somebody talking negative about you if they don't know you? "