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.
CHARLES BARKLEYThis is why I hate white people. You guys try to turn everything into a racial issue.
More Charles Barkley Quotes
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I’m really disturbed about the gay marriage thing. Because I think gay people should get married, cause it’s their own business. Because as a Black man, I think you’ve got to be against any form of discrimination.
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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 think you have an obligation to be honest.
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These are my new shoes. They’re good shoes. They won’t make you rich like me, they won’t make you rebound like me, they definitely won’t make you handsome like me. They’ll only make you have shoes like me. That’s it.
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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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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 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 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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Yeah Ernie, its called defense, I mean I wouldn’t know anything about it personally but I’ve heard about it through the grapevine.
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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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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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Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train.
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I’m not paid to be a role model, parents should be role models.
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I like to help poor people who got no chance. If rich people don’t, who will? Not other poor people, that’s for sure.
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I was a Republican until they lost their minds.
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I just thank God for Dennis [Rodman], cause he makes me look like a saint.
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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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I don’t think of myself as giving interviews. I just have conversations. That gets me in trouble.
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I played against him (Wilkins) in college. Getting nominated with him, that’s pretty cool.
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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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The meek may inherit the earth, but they wont get the ball from me.
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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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Half Man, Half Sit-Out-The-Season.
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I don’t hate anyone, at least not for more than 48 minutes, barring overtime.
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I don’t care what people think. people are stupid.
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