What does politically correct mean? If you’re fat, don’t ask me if you’re fat, because I’m gonna tell you the truth. You’re fat.
CHARLES BARKLEYYou 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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If all babies are so cute, how the hell do we have so many ugly people in the world?
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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.
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When you read the book you see that these guys aren’t holding any punches. They’re straightforward. They’re honest. They’re giving you their honest opinion.
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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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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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This is why I hate white people. You guys try to turn everything into a racial issue.
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Well, all I can say is that people know I’m not saying anything out of malice.
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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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You can’t start a diet in the middle of the week, that’s just stupid.
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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 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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We don’t need refs, but I guess white guys need something to do.
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I’m just what America needs: another unemployed black man.
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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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The older I get, the faster I was.
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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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You can talk without saying a thing. I don’t ever want to be that type of person.
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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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He’ll never be Jordan. This clearly takes him out of the conversation. He can win as much as he wants to.
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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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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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People always say turn the other cheek. If you turn the other cheek, I’m gonna hit you in the other cheek too.
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Christian is going to be the strongest man in the NBA next year, because all he’s been doing all summer is carrying around the luggage for 11 guys.
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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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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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