Just because you say something doesn’t make it controversial, and it doesn’t make you a bad person.
CHARLES BARKLEYPoor 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 don’t believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models.
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I don’t have time to put up with the politics. Who’s a Democrat? Who’s a Republican? Who’s liberal? Who’s conservative? Man, can my daughter just go to a school and not get killed? Can these people get a good job? That’s what I’m concerned about.
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I played against him (Wilkins) in college. Getting nominated with him, that’s pretty cool.
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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 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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We don’t need refs, but I guess white guys need something to do.
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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 was a Republican until they lost their minds.
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I think you have an obligation to be honest.
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If ifs were gifts, every day would be Christmas.
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I’m not paid to be a role model, parents should be role models.
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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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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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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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But when I see a story on welfare on television, they only show black people.
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