I’m not a role model. Just because I dunk a basketball doesn’t mean I should raise your kids.
CHARLES BARKLEYWhen 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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Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train.
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You can’t start a diet in the middle of the week, that’s just stupid.
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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.’
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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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We’re not all supposed to think alike.
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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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It’s the kind of game that makes you go home and beat your wife.
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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 don’t hate anyone, at least not for more than 48 minutes, barring overtime.
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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 don’t worry about playing basketball; that comes natural. I just want to have fun.
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I’m just what America needs: another unemployed black man.
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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 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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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.
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