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.
CHARLES BARKLEYWe don’t need refs, but I guess white guys need something to do.
More Charles Barkley Quotes
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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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When you get arrested it’s in big letters. When you get acquitted it’s in small letters.
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I remember sitting down with the Rockets and saying, ‘Yeah. I’m going to retire.’ They said, ‘Well, we’ll give you $9 million.’ And I said, ‘You got a pen on you?’
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The main thing to do is relax and let your talent do the work.
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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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If you’re scarde to fail, you don’t deserve to be successful.
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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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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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You can talk without saying a thing. I don’t ever want to be that type of person.
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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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We’re just playing basketball. It’s not like we’re going out to have unprotected sex with Magic.
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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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I’m afraid of the skeletons in my closet. I’ve got a whole cemetery full of them.
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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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Curling is not a sport. I called my grandmother and told her she could win a gold medal because they have dusting in the Olympics now.
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