We’re just playing basketball. It’s not like we’re going out to have unprotected sex with Magic.
CHARLES BARKLEYYeah Ernie, its called defense, I mean I wouldn’t know anything about it personally but I’ve heard about it through the grapevine.
More Charles Barkley Quotes
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If I weren’t earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other direction if they saw me coming.
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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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It’s the kind of game that makes you go home and beat your wife.
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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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Unfortunately, as I tell my white friends, we as black people, we’re never going to be successful not because of you white people but because of other black people.
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Poor white people and poor black people just don’t know how much they have in common. Rich people don’t give a damn about either group.
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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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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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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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White folks are not going to come to see a bunch of guys with tattoos, with cornrows. I’m sorry, but anyone who thinks different, they’re stupid.
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If you’re scarde to fail, you don’t deserve to be successful.
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Just because you say something doesn’t make it controversial, and it doesn’t make you a bad person.
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My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character.
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He’ll never be Jordan. This clearly takes him out of the conversation. He can win as much as he wants to.
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When I speak to kids I tell them, ‘Hey, you think your parents are a pain in the ass now, but they’re going to get smarter as you get older.’
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