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.
CHARLES BARKLEYWhen 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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Poor people have been voting for Democrats for the last 50 years and they’re still poor.
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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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If Michael Jordan was a damn plumber, he couldn’t get a date. Any guy got $500 million looks good.
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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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We don’t need refs, but I guess white guys need something to do.
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I don’t worry about playing basketball; that comes natural. I just want to have fun.
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We’re not all supposed to think alike.
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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 afraid of the skeletons in my closet. I’ve got a whole cemetery full of them.
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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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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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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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If ifs were gifts, every day would be Christmas.
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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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It’s the kind of game that makes you go home and beat your wife.
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