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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.

Charles Barkley

I don’t hate anyone, at least not for more than 48 minutes, barring overtime.
CHARLES BARKLEY

Hate Myself Time
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.
CHARLES BARKLEY

Democracy Education Effort Myself Vote
I was a Republican until they lost their minds.
CHARLES BARKLEY

Friendship Identity Lost Myself
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.
CHARLES BARKLEY

Business Difference Disturb Marriage Myself Oppression People Right
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.
CHARLES BARKLEY

Act Black Children Death Education Kill Myself Stop Success Young
I think you have an obligation to be honest.
CHARLES BARKLEY

Attitude Honesty Myself Responsibility Thinking
Well, all I can say is that people know I’m not saying anything out of malice.
CHARLES BARKLEY

Myself People
You know it’s going to hell when the best rapper out there is white and the best golfer is black.
CHARLES BARKLEY

Best Black Goal Hell White Yourself
I’m not paid to be a role model, parents should be role models.
CHARLES BARKLEY

Myself Parents Pay Role
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.
CHARLES BARKLEY

Country Determination Myself Ourselves Success Thinking
If ifs were gifts, every day would be Christmas.
CHARLES BARKLEY

Deep Festival Gift
I’m just what America needs: another unemployed black man.
CHARLES BARKLEY

Employment Man Myself Nation Need
Just because you say something doesn’t make it controversial, and it doesn’t make you a bad person.
CHARLES BARKLEY

Bad Person Talk Yourself
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.
CHARLES BARKLEY

Bad Believe Game Goodness Leaving Myself Performance
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.
CHARLES BARKLEY

Athlete Gold Herself Reward Sports
If all babies are so cute, how the hell do we have so many ugly people in the world?
CHARLES BARKLEY

Appearance Beautiful Children People Ugly World

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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