I don’t believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models.
CHARLES BARKLEYWhen 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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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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If all babies are so cute, how the hell do we have so many ugly people in the world?
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I’m not paid to be a role model. I’m paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court.
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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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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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But when I see a story on welfare on television, they only show black people.
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Every time I think about changing a diaper, I run a little bit harder and a little bit faster to make sure I can afford a nanny until my daughter’s old enough to take care of that herself.
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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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Well, when I went off to college, the guys I used to hang with were pumping gas and voting Democrat. Today they’re still pumping gas and voting Democrat. Guess the Democrats didn’t do much for them.
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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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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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I’m not paid to be a role model, parents should be role models.
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I think anybody who is racist is an idiot whether they are black or white.
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I was a Republican until they lost their minds.
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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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