I remember sitting down with the Rockets and saying, ‘Yeah. I’m going to retire.’ They said, ‘Well, we’ll give you $9 million.’ And I said, ‘You got a pen on you?’
CHARLES BARKLEYI’m not paid to be a role model, parents should be role models.
More Charles Barkley Quotes
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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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If Michael Jordan was a damn plumber, he couldn’t get a date. Any guy got $500 million looks good.
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I’m just what America needs: another unemployed black man.
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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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We’re not all supposed to think alike.
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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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People always say he can run and he can jump. So can a deer and you wouldn’t put a deer in the game.
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The meek may inherit the earth, but they wont get the ball from me.
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My message is simple: take control of your life.
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I think anybody who is racist is an idiot whether they are black or white.
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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 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 don’t think of myself as giving interviews. I just have conversations. That gets me in trouble.
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The older I get, the faster I was.
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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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