The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
CHARLES BARKLEYI’m not a role model. Just because I dunk a basketball doesn’t mean I should raise your kids.
More Charles Barkley Quotes
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I think you have an obligation to be honest.
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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 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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If all babies are so cute, how the hell do we have so many ugly people in the world?
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People say I eat a lot. I really don’t. More or less I just eat all the time.
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Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train.
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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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But when I see a story on welfare on television, they only show black people.
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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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We’re just playing basketball. It’s not like we’re going out to have unprotected sex with Magic.
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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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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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My message is simple: take control of your life.
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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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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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I have nothing against old people; I want to be one myself one day.
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Unfortunately, as I tell my white friends, we as black people, we’re never going to be successful not because of you white people but because of other black people.
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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 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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This is why I hate white people. You guys try to turn everything into a racial issue.
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I always laugh when people ask me about rebounding techniques. I’ve got a technique. It’s called just go get the damn ball.
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You got to believe in yourself. Hell, I believe I’m the best-looking guy in the world and I might be right.
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I’m not paid to be a role model. I’m paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court.
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I think anybody who is racist is an idiot whether they are black or white.
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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.
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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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