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As a kid growing up, I wanted the Allen Iverson shoes that came out, the Questions. My dad got them for me, so I was excited about that.

— Nate Robinson

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

For me, to just have my own shoe is unbelievable. As a kid, you see Jordans and wonder what that feels like to have your own shoe, and the fact that I have one is really surreal.

— Calvin Johnson

I'm a lucky boy. Never wanted for anything; new tracksuit, new pair of football boots. I had a happy childhood.

— Martin Compston

One thing my dad always told me, was he would make sure I always had what he didn't have. He couldn't play basketball because he didn't have tennis shoes - so I had five pairs of tennis shoes.

— Robert Griffin III

I've always been obsessed by shoes as one of the main accessory of my outfit, from the classic styles to the more eccentric and of every range of price.

— Chiara Ferragni

Playing basketball all my life, I've collected a lot of different basketball shoes. It's pretty much all I wear.

— Stephen Curry

Luckily I don't have to buy shoes anymore, because I design them! I'm off tour, so I can dive in and create the shoes that I want for my line. But okay, I did buy a pair of vintage combat boots because they were so beaten up - I had to have them.

— Fergie

I spend a lot on shoes, but my favourite shoes I've had for 16 years: a pair of black Michel Perry ankle boots with gold lining.

— Anna Mouglalis

I don't know why my shoes are so popular - I am always surprised and mystified by it.

— Manolo Blahnik

✗Opposing Perspectives

I got everything I wanted from my parents: Brooks Brothers sweaters and Spalding saddle shoes.

— Eileen Ford

I went to department stores, and there was nothing that I really loved. All the shoes were too complicated, too crazy, too ridiculous, too extreme. The platforms were so high; the shoes were so ugly, covered in crystals and feathers and crap. I just thought, 'Maybe somebody wants a beautifully simple, sexy shoe that they can actually walk in.'

— Edgardo Osorio