I think you have an obligation to be honest.
CHARLES BARKLEYPoor 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.
More Charles Barkley Quotes
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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.
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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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I don’t think of myself as giving interviews. I just have conversations. That gets me in trouble.
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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 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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White folks are not going to come to see a bunch of guys with tattoos, with cornrows. I’m sorry, but anyone who thinks different, they’re stupid.
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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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This is why I hate white people. You guys try to turn everything into a racial issue.
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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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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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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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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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It’s the kind of game that makes you go home and beat your wife.
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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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What does politically correct mean? If you’re fat, don’t ask me if you’re fat, because I’m gonna tell you the truth. You’re fat.
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