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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You can’t start a diet in the middle of the week, that’s just stupid.
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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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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 hate anyone, at least not for more than 48 minutes, barring overtime.
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The older I get, the faster I was.
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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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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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I know a lot of people did a lot of heavy lifting to make me successful and I do everything in my power not to screw it up.
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My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character.
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We’re not all supposed to think alike.
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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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Just because you say something doesn’t make it controversial, and it doesn’t make you a bad person.
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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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As long as anti-gay legislation exists in any state, I strongly believe big events such as the Final Four and Super Bowl should not be held in those states’ cities.
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I just thank God for Dennis [Rodman], cause he makes me look like a saint.
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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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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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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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People say I eat a lot. I really don’t. More or less I just eat all the time.
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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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Well, all I can say is that people know I’m not saying anything out of malice.
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Unfortunately, as I tell my white friends, we as black people, we’re never going to be successful not because of you white people but because of other black people.
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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 always laugh when people ask me about rebounding techniques. I’ve got a technique. It’s called just go get the damn ball.
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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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