When I speak to kids I tell them, ‘Hey, you think your parents are a pain in the ass now, but they’re going to get smarter as you get older.’
CHARLES BARKLEYI 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?’
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Poor 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.
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I’m really disturbed about the gay marriage thing. Because I think gay people should get married, cause it’s their own business. Because as a Black man, I think you’ve got to be against any form of discrimination.
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Every time I think about changing a diaper, I run a little bit harder and a little bit faster to make sure I can afford a nanny until my daughter’s old enough to take care of that herself.
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Just because you say something doesn’t make it controversial, and it doesn’t make you a bad person.
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I just thank God for Dennis [Rodman], cause he makes me look like a saint.
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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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I’m not paid to be a role model, parents should be role models.
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I always laugh when people ask me about rebounding techniques. I’ve got a technique. It’s called just go get the damn ball.
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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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If you’re scarde to fail, you don’t deserve to be successful.
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I think anybody who is racist is an idiot whether they are black or white.
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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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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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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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