"I had a lot of growing up to do. A lot of times, I learned the hard way."
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"Please don't try to make things nice! All the wrong notes are right? I want it that way."
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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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"When you get to that level, it's not a matter of talent anymore - because all the players are so talented - it's about preparation, about playing smart and making good decisions. 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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"I owe all of this to the guys I've played with and all the coaches that have helped me get to where I'm at right now. I'm honored to be here."
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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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"He's helped me do so much in my career, helped me be the player that I am. If there's no Larry Brown, then there's no MVP, Allen Iverson."
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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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"We got to stop people. We go ahead and we score 100 points every night, but we give up more. Our whole thing was, we know we can score, and we have to start having some kind of fun on the defensive end. Everybody want to play offense. Not too many people want to play defense. Defense is ego, pride, and that's the way we've been coming out, just taking the challenge. Man-on-man first, and having each other's back when a guy gets beat."
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"I was the bridge between the Michael Jordan era and LeBron James era."
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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 didn't know I had this many fans in Puerto Rico. I'm going to carry this memory to my grave."
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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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"Personally I just want to win a championship."
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"You make other team think you going one way and you got to sell the move going that way and you've got to really make them think that you're going that way and they're going the other way. When it ends up ultimately being a perfect crossover is when you shake them so bad that they can't even get back into the play to play defense. You're already gone. That's what I think the perfect one is to where a teammate of his has to stop you from scoring."
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"Only the strong survive."
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"I see kids today trying to do the things I did, and it makes me feel like I've come a long way."
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"This is the thing you dream about when you're a kid, even before getting into the league."
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"We should because when coaches get fired, the players have a lot to do with it."
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"This is like a tribute to them, the people who helped me to get here. The thing that makes me feel good about the whole thing is, the fans voted me here."
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