I played against him (Wilkins) in college. Getting nominated with him, that’s pretty cool.
CHARLES BARKLEYI’m not paid to be a role model, parents should be role models.
More Charles Barkley Quotes
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It’s the kind of game that makes you go home and beat your wife.
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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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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.
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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’m afraid of the skeletons in my closet. I’ve got a whole cemetery full of them.
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I’m not paid to be a role model, parents should be role models.
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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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White folks are not going to come to see a bunch of guys with tattoos, with cornrows. I’m sorry, but anyone who thinks different, they’re stupid.
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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 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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When 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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If you’re scarde to fail, you don’t deserve to be successful.
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When you get arrested it’s in big letters. When you get acquitted it’s in small letters.
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When I speak to kids I tell them, ‘Hey, you think your parents are a pain in the ass now, but they’re going to get smarter as you get older.’
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I don’t care what people think. people are stupid.
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