I 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?’
CHARLES BARKLEYI don’t think of myself as giving interviews. I just have conversations. That gets me in trouble.
More Charles Barkley Quotes
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Listening to a woman is almost as bad as losing to one. There are only three things that women are better at than men: cleaning, cooking, and having sex.
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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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I’m afraid of the skeletons in my closet. I’ve got a whole cemetery full of them.
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I don’t care what people think. people are stupid.
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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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If Michael Jordan was a damn plumber, he couldn’t get a date. Any guy got $500 million looks good.
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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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We’re just playing basketball. It’s not like we’re going out to have unprotected sex with Magic.
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He’s got to bring something stronger than that. That’s like bringing milk to a bar, it’s not strong enough
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Preseason is just a way to screw fans out of money.
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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’d never buy my girl a watch… she’s already got a clock over the stove.
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Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train.
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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 know I’m never as good or bad as one single performance. I’ve never believed in my critics or my worshippers, and I’ve always been able to leave the game at the arena.
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