I’m not a role model. Just because I dunk a basketball doesn’t mean I should raise your kids.
CHARLES BARKLEYI think it sucks that in our country [the USA] there is such a double standard education-wise. Which part of the city you live in, or something like that, determines if you’ll be successful, and that’s not fair.
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I just thank God for Dennis [Rodman], cause he makes me look like a saint.
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My message is simple: take control of your life.
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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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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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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 want to be a politician. I think I understand how the system works, I think a lot of politicians are corrupt, and it’s about time we put some people in there who are going to look out for the majority of the people instead of the rich people.
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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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We’re just playing basketball. It’s not like we’re going out to have unprotected sex with Magic.
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You know it’s going to hell when the best rapper out there is white and the best golfer is black.
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If Michael Jordan was a damn plumber, he couldn’t get a date. Any guy got $500 million looks good.
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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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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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Being black or white isn’t an accomplishment. What you do with your life – or what you accomplish with your life – dictates what you should be proud of.
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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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If all babies are so cute, how the hell do we have so many ugly people in the world?
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