I 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.
CHARLES BARKLEYWe’re just playing basketball. It’s not like we’re going out to have unprotected sex with Magic.
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But when I see a story on welfare on television, they only show black people.
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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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He’ll never be Jordan. This clearly takes him out of the conversation. He can win as much as he wants to.
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Listening to a woman is almost as bad as losing to one. There are only three things that women are better at than men: cleaning, cooking, and having sex.
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I’m not paid to be a role model, parents should be role models.
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Kids are great. That’s one of the best things about our business, all the kids you get to meet. It’s a shame they have to grow up to be regular people and come to the games and call you names.
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Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train.
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I’m just what America needs: another unemployed black man.
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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 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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When you get arrested it’s in big letters. When you get acquitted it’s in small letters.
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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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Preseason is just a way to screw fans out of money.
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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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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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