When you’re black, you have to deal with so much crap in your life from other black people. It’s a dirty, dark secret; I’m glad it’s coming out.
CHARLES BARKLEYPeople always say he can run and he can jump. So can a deer and you wouldn’t put a deer in the game.
More Charles Barkley Quotes
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It’s the kind of game that makes you go home and beat your wife.
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Being black or white isn’t an accomplishment. What you do with your life – or what you accomplish with your life – dictates what you should be proud of.
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I’m not a role model. Just because I dunk a basketball doesn’t mean I should raise your kids.
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I don’t think of myself as giving interviews. I just have conversations. That gets me in trouble.
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Curling is not a sport. I called my grandmother and told her she could win a gold medal because they have dusting in the Olympics now.
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We’re just playing basketball. It’s not like we’re going out to have unprotected sex with Magic.
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I like to help poor people who got no chance. If rich people don’t, who will? Not other poor people, that’s for sure.
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I know I’m never as good or bad as one single performance. I’ve never believed in my critics or my worshippers, and I’ve always been able to leave the game at the arena.
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The main thing to do is relax and let your talent do the work.
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You got to believe in yourself. Hell, I believe I’m the best-looking guy in the world and I might be right.
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These are my new shoes. They’re good shoes. They won’t make you rich like me, they won’t make you rebound like me, they definitely won’t make you handsome like me. They’ll only make you have shoes like me. That’s it.
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Preseason is just a way to screw fans out of money.
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Well, when I went off to college, the guys I used to hang with were pumping gas and voting Democrat. Today they’re still pumping gas and voting Democrat. Guess the Democrats didn’t do much for them.
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I’d never buy my girl a watch… she’s already got a clock over the stove.
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My message is simple: take control of your life.
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