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.
CHARLES BARKLEYI want to be a politician. I think I understand how the system works, I think a lot of politicians are corrupt, and it’s about time we put some people in there who are going to look out for the majority of the people instead of the rich people.
More Charles Barkley Quotes
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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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I’m just what America needs: another unemployed black man.
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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 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’d never buy my girl a watch… she’s already got a clock over the stove.
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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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The main thing to do is relax and let your talent do the work.
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I played against him (Wilkins) in college. Getting nominated with him, that’s pretty cool.
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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 read that heavy drinking is bad for your health. I decided I better stop reading.
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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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I’m not paid to be a role model, parents should be role models.
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We’re not all supposed to think alike.
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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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You can talk without saying a thing. I don’t ever want to be that type of person.
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If you’re scarde to fail, you don’t deserve to be successful.
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When I speak to kids I tell them, ‘Hey, you think your parents are a pain in the ass now, but they’re going to get smarter as you get older.’
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The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
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Half Man, Half Sit-Out-The-Season.
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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 don’t hate anyone, at least not for more than 48 minutes, barring overtime.
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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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Curling is not a sport. I called my grandmother and told her she could win a gold medal because they have dusting in the Olympics now.
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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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When you get arrested it’s in big letters. When you get acquitted it’s in small letters.
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