I know a lot of people did a lot of heavy lifting to make me successful and I do everything in my power not to screw it up.
CHARLES BARKLEYIf you’re scarde to fail, you don’t deserve to be successful.
More Charles Barkley Quotes
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Well, when I went off to college, the guys I used to hang with were pumping gas and voting Democrat. Today they’re still pumping gas and voting Democrat. Guess the Democrats didn’t do much for them.
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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’m afraid of the skeletons in my closet. I’ve got a whole cemetery full of them.
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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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I think anybody who is racist is an idiot whether they are black or white.
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I read that heavy drinking is bad for your health. I decided I better stop reading.
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He’s got to bring something stronger than that. That’s like bringing milk to a bar, it’s not strong enough
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I’m not a role model. Just because I dunk a basketball doesn’t mean I should raise your kids.
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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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The main thing to do is relax and let your talent do the work.
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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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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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This is why I hate white people. You guys try to turn everything into a racial issue.
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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’m not paid to be a role model, parents should be role models.
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