I just wish all these young black kids would realize how significant it is to stop acting a fool out there, killing each other, not getting their education. You know, people have died to put us in a situation to be successful.
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More Charles Barkley Quotes
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When you get arrested it’s in big letters. When you get acquitted it’s in small letters.
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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 just thank God for Dennis [Rodman], cause he makes me look like a saint.
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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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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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People always say he can run and he can jump. So can a deer and you wouldn’t put a deer in the game.
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You know what I always say about basketball whenever anybody tried to tell me the Knicks are gonna be good: They’re old. Old people don’t get healthy. They die.
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My message is simple: take control of your life.
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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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Preseason is just a way to screw fans out of money.
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I think anybody who is racist is an idiot whether they are black or white.
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Kids are great. That’s one of the best things about our business, all the kids you get to meet. It’s a shame they have to grow up to be regular people and come to the games and call you names.
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You can talk without saying a thing. I don’t ever want to be that type of person.
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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 not a role model. Just because I dunk a basketball doesn’t mean I should raise your kids.
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