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?’
CHARLES BARKLEYI don’t worry about playing basketball; that comes natural. I just want to have fun.
More Charles Barkley Quotes
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He’s got to bring something stronger than that. That’s like bringing milk to a bar, it’s not strong enough
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I don’t believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models.
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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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If you’re scarde to fail, you don’t deserve to be successful.
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We don’t need refs, but I guess white guys need something to do.
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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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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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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.
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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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Well, all I can say is that people know I’m not saying anything out of malice.
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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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When you’re black, you have to deal with so much crap in your life from other black people. It’s a dirty, dark secret; I’m glad it’s coming out.
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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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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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