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.
CHARLES BARKLEYI have nothing against old people; I want to be one myself one day.
More Charles Barkley Quotes
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The older I get, the faster I was.
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If I weren’t earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other direction if they saw me coming.
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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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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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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 care what people think. people are stupid.
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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’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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Poor white people and poor black people just don’t know how much they have in common. Rich people don’t give a damn about either group.
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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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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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I 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.
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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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My message is simple: take control of your life.
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