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.
CHARLES BARKLEYWe’re just playing basketball. It’s not like we’re going out to have unprotected sex with Magic.
More Charles Barkley Quotes
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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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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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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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Poor people cannot rely on the government to come to help you in times of need. You have to get your education. Then nobody can control your destiny.
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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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This is why I hate white people. You guys try to turn everything into a racial issue.
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If you’re scarde to fail, you don’t deserve to be successful.
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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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The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
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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 can talk without saying a thing. I don’t ever want to be that type of person.
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Preseason is just a way to screw fans out of money.
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People always say turn the other cheek. If you turn the other cheek, I’m gonna hit you in the other cheek too.
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There’s only 5 real jobs in the world. Teacher, fireman, policeman, doctor and somebody who is in the armed service. If you don’t have one of those 5 jobs, you shouldn’t take your life that serious.
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Well, all I can say is that people know I’m not saying anything out of malice.
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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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These are my new shoes. They’re good shoes. They won’t make you rich like me, they won’t make you rebound like me, they definitely won’t make you handsome like me. They’ll only make you have shoes like me. That’s it.
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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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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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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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People say I eat a lot. I really don’t. More or less I just eat all the time.
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As long as anti-gay legislation exists in any state, I strongly believe big events such as the Final Four and Super Bowl should not be held in those states’ cities.
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There’s nobody you’d rather beat than your good friend.
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Social media is where losers go to feel important.
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I read that heavy drinking is bad for your health. I decided I better stop reading.
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