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.
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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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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People say I eat a lot. I really don’t. More or less I just eat all the time.
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If you’re scarde to fail, you don’t deserve to be successful.
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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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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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We don’t need refs, but I guess white guys need something to do.
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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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I’m not paid to be a role model. I’m paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court.
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The main thing to do is relax and let your talent do the work.
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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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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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I’m not a role model. Just because I dunk a basketball doesn’t mean I should raise your kids.
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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 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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Preseason is just a way to screw fans out of money.
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