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.
CHARLES BARKLEYThe meek may inherit the earth, but they wont get the ball from me.
More Charles Barkley Quotes
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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 think of myself as giving interviews. I just have conversations. That gets me in trouble.
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I want to be a politician. I think I understand how the system works, I think a lot of politicians are corrupt, and it’s about time we put some people in there who are going to look out for the majority of the people instead of the rich people.
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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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People say I eat a lot. I really don’t. More or less I just eat all the time.
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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 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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Being black or white isn’t an accomplishment. What you do with your life – or what you accomplish with your life – dictates what you should be proud of.
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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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I’m afraid of the skeletons in my closet. I’ve got a whole cemetery full of them.
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Half Man, Half Sit-Out-The-Season.
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If you’re scarde to fail, you don’t deserve to be successful.
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There’s nobody you’d rather beat than your good friend.
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Well, when I went off to college, the guys I used to hang with were pumping gas and voting Democrat. Today they’re still pumping gas and voting Democrat. Guess the Democrats didn’t do much for them.
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I’m not paid to be a role model, parents should be role models.
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