I was asked for years about being a Republican, probably because most black people are Democrats. My mother heard it once and called me and said ‘Charles, Republicans are for the rich people.’ And I said, ‘Mom, I’m rich.’
CHARLES BARKLEYI’m not paid to be a role model. I’m paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court.
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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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Just because you say something doesn’t make it controversial, and it doesn’t make you a bad person.
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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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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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We’re just playing basketball. It’s not like we’re going out to have unprotected sex with Magic.
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I came to the realization a couple months ago that I am fat. If you get tired from walking – and that’s all that golf is – then you are officially fat.
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Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train.
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I don’t hate anyone, at least not for more than 48 minutes, barring overtime.
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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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Listening to a woman is almost as bad as losing to one. There are only three things that women are better at than men: cleaning, cooking, and having sex.
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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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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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Poor people have been voting for Democrats for the last 50 years and they’re still poor.
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I’m just what America needs: another unemployed black man.
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But when I see a story on welfare on television, they only show black people.
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