I think anybody who is racist is an idiot whether they are black or white.
CHARLES BARKLEYWell, 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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I don’t think of myself as giving interviews. I just have conversations. That gets me in trouble.
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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.’
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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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I just thank God for Dennis [Rodman], cause he makes me look like a saint.
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I don’t believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models.
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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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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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If all babies are so cute, how the hell do we have so many ugly people in the world?
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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’d never buy my girl a watch… she’s already got a clock over the stove.
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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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I was a Republican until they lost their minds.
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You know it’s going to hell when the best rapper out there is white and the best golfer is black.
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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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Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train.
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Unfortunately, as I tell my white friends, we as black people, we’re never going to be successful not because of you white people but because of other black people.
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The older I get, the faster I was.
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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 have nothing against old people; I want to be one myself one day.
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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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I played against him (Wilkins) in college. Getting nominated with him, that’s pretty cool.
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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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Just because you say something doesn’t make it controversial, and it doesn’t make you a bad person.
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The main thing to do is relax and let your talent do the work.
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I’m not paid to be a role model. I’m paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court.
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