I don’t think of myself as giving interviews. I just have conversations. That gets me in trouble.
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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But when I see a story on welfare on television, they only show black people.
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I have nothing against old people; I want to be one myself one day.
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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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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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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 played against him (Wilkins) in college. Getting nominated with him, that’s pretty cool.
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Poor people have been voting for Democrats for the last 50 years and they’re still poor.
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When you get arrested it’s in big letters. When you get acquitted it’s in small letters.
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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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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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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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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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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 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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The main thing to do is relax and let your talent do the work.
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