I don’t believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models.
CHARLES BARKLEYThis is why I hate white people. You guys try to turn everything into a racial issue.
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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.
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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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You got to believe in yourself. Hell, I believe I’m the best-looking guy in the world and I might be right.
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I was a Republican until they lost their minds.
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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 just thank God for Dennis [Rodman], cause he makes me look like a saint.
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I came to the realization a couple months ago that I am fat. If you get tired from walking – and that’s all that golf is – then you are officially fat.
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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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If you’re scarde to fail, you don’t deserve to be successful.
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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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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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I have nothing against old people; I want to be one myself one day.
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The main thing to do is relax and let your talent do the work.
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I think you have an obligation to be honest.
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