I’d never buy my girl a watch… she’s already got a clock over the stove.
CHARLES BARKLEYI 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.
More Charles Barkley Quotes
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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 have nothing against old people; I want to be one myself one day.
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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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I just thank God for Dennis [Rodman], cause he makes me look like a saint.
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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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I’m not paid to be a role model, parents should be role models.
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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’m just what America needs: another unemployed black man.
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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.
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There’s only 5 real jobs in the world. Teacher, fireman, policeman, doctor and somebody who is in the armed service. If you don’t have one of those 5 jobs, you shouldn’t take your life that serious.
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If I weren’t earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other direction if they saw me coming.
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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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There’s nobody you’d rather beat than your good friend.
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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 message is simple: take control of your life.
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