Kids are great. That’s one of the best things about our business, all the kids you get to meet. It’s a shame they have to grow up to be regular people and come to the games and call you names.
CHARLES BARKLEYI’m not paid to be a role model. I’m paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court.
More Charles Barkley Quotes
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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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When you get arrested it’s in big letters. When you get acquitted it’s in small letters.
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When you read the book you see that these guys aren’t holding any punches. They’re straightforward. They’re honest. They’re giving you their honest opinion.
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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 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 was a Republican until they lost their minds.
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But when I see a story on welfare on television, they only show black people.
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I have nothing against old people; I want to be one myself one day.
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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’m afraid of the skeletons in my closet. I’ve got a whole cemetery full of them.
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You know it’s going to hell when the best rapper out there is white and the best golfer is black.
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The main thing to do is relax and let your talent do the work.
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I don’t worry about playing basketball; that comes natural. I just want to have fun.
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I know a lot of people did a lot of heavy lifting to make me successful and I do everything in my power not to screw it up.
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My message is simple: take control of your life.
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