Poor people cannot rely on the government to come to help you in times of need. You have to get your education. Then nobody can control your destiny.
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.
More Charles Barkley Quotes
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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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We’re just playing basketball. It’s not like we’re going out to have unprotected sex with Magic.
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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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You can talk without saying a thing. I don’t ever want to be that type of person.
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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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The main thing to do is relax and let your talent do the work.
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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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It’s the kind of game that makes you go home and beat your wife.
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The older I get, the faster I was.
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I have nothing against old people; I want to be one myself one day.
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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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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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We’re not all supposed to think alike.
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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 don’t think of myself as giving interviews. I just have conversations. That gets me in trouble.
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