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.’
CHARLES BARKLEYI don’t care what people think. people are stupid.
More Charles Barkley Quotes
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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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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 not all supposed to think alike.
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I think you have an obligation to be honest.
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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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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 worry about playing basketball; that comes natural. I just want to have fun.
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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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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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Well, all I can say is that people know I’m not saying anything out of malice.
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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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Yeah Ernie, its called defense, I mean I wouldn’t know anything about it personally but I’ve heard about it through the grapevine.
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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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When 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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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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