The older I get, the faster I was.
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.
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As long as anti-gay legislation exists in any state, I strongly believe big events such as the Final Four and Super Bowl should not be held in those states’ cities.
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I just wish all these young black kids would realize how significant it is to stop acting a fool out there, killing each other, not getting their education. You know, people have died to put us in a situation to be successful.
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Poor people have been voting for Democrats for the last 50 years and they’re still poor.
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If Michael Jordan was a damn plumber, he couldn’t get a date. Any guy got $500 million looks good.
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I’m not paid to be a role model. I’m paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court.
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Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train.
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I always laugh when people ask me about rebounding techniques. I’ve got a technique. It’s called just go get the damn ball.
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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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People say I eat a lot. I really don’t. More or less I just eat all the time.
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Preseason is just a way to screw fans out of money.
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It’s the kind of game that makes you go home and beat your wife.
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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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Christian is going to be the strongest man in the NBA next year, because all he’s been doing all summer is carrying around the luggage for 11 guys.
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I think you have an obligation to be honest.
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I don’t believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models.
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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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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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You know what I always say about basketball whenever anybody tried to tell me the Knicks are gonna be good: They’re old. Old people don’t get healthy. They die.
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I was asked for years about being a Republican, probably because most black people are Democrats. My mother heard it once and called me and said ‘Charles, Republicans are for the rich people.’ And I said, ‘Mom, I’m rich.’
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I have nothing against old people; I want to be one myself one day.
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Poor people cannot rely on the government to come to help you in times of need. You have to get your education. Then nobody can control your destiny.
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Every time I think about changing a diaper, I run a little bit harder and a little bit faster to make sure I can afford a nanny until my daughter’s old enough to take care of that herself.
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The main thing to do is relax and let your talent do the work.
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There’s only 5 real jobs in the world. Teacher, fireman, policeman, doctor and somebody who is in the armed service. If you don’t have one of those 5 jobs, you shouldn’t take your life that serious.
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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.
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We’re not all supposed to think alike.
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