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 BARKLEYPoor 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.
More Charles Barkley Quotes
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The main thing to do is relax and let your talent do the work.
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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 just thank God for Dennis [Rodman], cause he makes me look like a saint.
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I think anybody who is racist is an idiot whether they are black or white.
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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 you get arrested it’s in big letters. When you get acquitted it’s in small letters.
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If ifs were gifts, every day would be Christmas.
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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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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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This is why I hate white people. You guys try to turn everything into a racial issue.
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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’d never buy my girl a watch… she’s already got a clock over the stove.
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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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I don’t worry about playing basketball; that comes natural. I just want to have fun.
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