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.
CHARLES BARKLEYCurling 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.
More Charles Barkley Quotes
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I want to be a politician. I think I understand how the system works, I think a lot of politicians are corrupt, and it’s about time we put some people in there who are going to look out for the majority of the people instead of the rich people.
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I don’t have time to put up with the politics. Who’s a Democrat? Who’s a Republican? Who’s liberal? Who’s conservative? Man, can my daughter just go to a school and not get killed? Can these people get a good job? That’s what I’m concerned about.
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I’m afraid of the skeletons in my closet. I’ve got a whole cemetery full of them.
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People 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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I’m really disturbed about the gay marriage thing. Because I think gay people should get married, cause it’s their own business. Because as a Black man, I think you’ve got to be against any form of discrimination.
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We’re not all supposed to think alike.
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I think you have an obligation to be honest.
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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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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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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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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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I know a lot of people did a lot of heavy lifting to make me successful and I do everything in my power not to screw it up.
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If ifs were gifts, every day would be Christmas.
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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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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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