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.
CHARLES BARKLEYYou know it’s going to hell when the best rapper out there is white and the best golfer is black.
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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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When you get arrested it’s in big letters. When you get acquitted it’s in small letters.
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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 anybody who is racist is an idiot whether they are black or white.
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I think it sucks that in our country [the USA] there is such a double standard education-wise. Which part of the city you live in, or something like that, determines if you’ll be successful, and that’s not fair.
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Well, all I can say is that people know I’m not saying anything out of malice.
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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 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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Preseason is just a way to screw fans out of money.
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He’s got to bring something stronger than that. That’s like bringing milk to a bar, it’s not strong enough
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It’s the kind of game that makes you go home and beat your wife.
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I played against him (Wilkins) in college. Getting nominated with him, that’s pretty cool.
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Yeah Ernie, its called defense, I mean I wouldn’t know anything about it personally but I’ve heard about it through the grapevine.
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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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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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You can talk without saying a thing. I don’t ever want to be that type of person.
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If you’re scarde to fail, you don’t deserve to be successful.
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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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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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People always say turn the other cheek. If you turn the other cheek, I’m gonna hit you in the other cheek too.
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But when I see a story on welfare on television, they only show black people.
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The meek may inherit the earth, but they wont get the ball from me.
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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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If all babies are so cute, how the hell do we have so many ugly people in the world?
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I read that heavy drinking is bad for your health. I decided I better stop reading.
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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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